Adding a score to an interactive

The first step is to deciding on a numeric structiure that will give/take points off.

Then we add them as a list of contants at the start of the class:

private	static	const	pointsForMatch	:int	=	100
private	static	const	pointsForMiss	:int	=	-5

The score itself should be stored in a variable declared at the start of the class and set to 0 in the constructor window:

private	var	gameScore	:int

gameScore	=	0

The score will be displayed in a textfield (create it through code or have it named on the timeline):

private	var	gameScoreField	:	textField

gameScoreField	=	new TextField	;

addChild	(gameScoreField)	;

The action of showing the score we place it INSIDE a function, so it can be recalled everytime the score has to change.

public	function	showGameScore	()	{

gameScoreField	.text	=	"Score:" + String (gameScore)	;

}

When the event that grans/substratcts points takesplace we will add the code to change the score

gameScore	+=	pointsForMatch
gameScore	+=	pointsForMiss	The number in this case will be negative