How do you bind a variable to a function in as3

Question

I have this code:

for each(var tool in tools){
tool.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, function(){
    trace(tool); //Always the last tool  
 });
}
         


        

Answer 1

Try this.

for each(var tool in tools){
  tool.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, toolFunction )
}

function toolFunction (e:MouseEvent){
  trace(e.currentTarget)
}

Aftear reading question title again, i realized, that what u need is custom event or:

for each(var tool in tools){
      tool.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,
              function(e:MouseEvent){toolFunction (e, "another param")},
              false, 0, true);
    }

    function toolFunction (e:MouseEvent,anotherParam:String){
      trace(e.currentTarget)
      trace(anotherParam) //output "another param"
    }