Get object name as string

[bartk]

Ok, so I've got this little thing going:

people = game.add.group();...npc46 = people.create(1500, 880, 'npc2');...people.forEach(function(character) {	character.scale.setTo(0.5, 0.5);	character.inputEnabled = true;	character.events.onInputDown.add(function () { Dialogue(character); }, this);}, this);...function Dialogue(character){        speechbubble = game.add.sprite(character.x, character.y - 170, 'speechbubble');	speech = game.add.text(character.x + 20, character.y - 150, "Hi, I'm " + character, { boundsAlignH: "left", fontSize: '12px', fill: 'black' });}

I'd like the character to say it's own object name (for future purposes).

However, the character's name (npc46) won't show up, only "[object Object]". Ok, fair enough, so I tried character.name. No luck.

 

pls halp?

[ragnarok]

The easiest way is to store the name seperately in a new attribute of the object:

people = game.add.group();...npc46 = people.create(1500, 880, 'npc2');npc46.myName="npc46";...people.forEach(function(character) {	character.scale.setTo(0.5, 0.5);	character.inputEnabled = true;	character.events.onInputDown.add(function () { Dialogue(character); }, this);}, this);...function Dialogue(character){        speechbubble = game.add.sprite(character.x, character.y - 170, 'speechbubble');	speech = game.add.text(character.x + 20, character.y - 150, "Hi, I'm " + character.myName, { boundsAlignH: "left", fontSize: '12px', fill: 'black' });}

Other things might get quite ugly:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/417645/how-to-convert-variable-name-to-string-in-javascript

[bartk]

Thanks ragnarok, that works for me.