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ActionScript 2.0 Components Language Reference > DataSet component > DataSet.next()

DataSet.next()

Availability

Flash Player 7.

Edition

Flash MX Professional 2004.

Usage

dataSetInstance.next()

Returns

Nothing.

Description

Method; makes the next item in the current view of the collection the current item. Which items are in the current view depends on any current filter and range settings.

Example

The following example iterates over all the items in the current view of the collection (starting at its beginning) and performs a calculation on the price property of each item:

my_ds.addItem({name:"item a", price:16});
my_ds.addItem({name:"item b", price:9});

my_ds.first();
while (my_ds.hasNext()) {
    my_ds.currentItem.price *= 0.5; // Everything's 50% off!
    my_ds.next();
}

for (var i in my_ds.items) {
    trace(my_ds.items[i].name + ": " + my_ds.items[i].price);
}