ACTIONSCRIPT 3 Developer’s Guide en

ACTIONSCRIPT 3.0 DEVELOPER’S GUIDE
Mouse input
The charAt() and indexOf() methods of the String class retrieve the appropriate rows and columns from both the
currently clicked button and the previously clicked button. The isLegalContinuation() method returns true if the
row or column is unchanged and if the row or column that has been changed is within a single increment from the
previous one. If you want to change the rules of the game and allow diagonal spelling, you can remove the checks for
an unchanged row or column and the final line would look like this:
return (Math.abs(prevButtonRow - currButtonRow)