count clicks using actionscript 3.0 in flash

Question

I want to change the variable value based on the number of clicks.

So if you click the button once, the cCount should equal 1 and twice it should equal 2.

Right now all I'm returning for the value is 0, no matter the amount of clicks.

Any ideas?

btnRaw.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, flip);
btnRaw.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,count);
//create the flipping function

//create the variable to store the click count
var cCount:Number = 0;

function flip(Event:MouseEvent):void{
    raw_patty_mc.gotoAndPlay(1);
}

function count(Event:MouseEvent):void{
    cCount = cCount+1;
    if(cCount>3 || cCount<6){
        titleText.text="See you're doing a great job at flipping the burger! "+String(cCount);
    }
}

Answer 1

Is cCount a local variable? In other words, is the code that you posted inside a function that is called every time the frame loads?

Add two trace statements to see what is happening:

function count(Event:MouseEvent):void{
    trace("before " + cCount); //?
    cCount = cCount+1;
    trace("after " + cCount);  //?
    if(cCount>3 || cCount<6){
        titleText.text="See you're doing a great job at flipping the burger! "+String(cCount);
    }
}

Answer 2

As long as you declare the cCount variable outside of your function, it will keep an accurate count. Otherwise, it gets reset on each click.