Get Label,Var of specific Second

[dazzafact]

is it possible to give me the variable of a previously defined second?
For example: i want to define id's in the loop for a Timerange.  After i want to call it outside the loop

 

$tl =gsap.timeline({})

var startatText=0;

for(id in arr){ 
    $text[id ] = $('element')
    $tl.fromTo($text[id ] ,{alpha:0,x:($w/2)},{alpha:1,duration:fade},startatText)
    .to($text[id ] ,{duration:textDur},'>')
    .to($text[id ] ,{alpha:0,duration:fade},'>');

    startatText +=textDur+(fade*2);
}

//...

$id=23

var idOfSecond= $tl.time($id)

                    

[GreenSock]

Hi @dazzafact. I read your question a few times but I'm totally lost. Can you please rephrase the question and maybe provide a minimal demo? I don't understand what you're trying to do. 

[dazzafact]

Yes, i try.
How i can get a var/Label of a specific TIme?
$id=$tl.time(23).label('id')
(which i have defined previously)
??
A demo? mhhh i even dont know how o solve this 😅

$tl.time($id)

$tl.time($id)

[dazzafact]

Ok, i have found a solution. I thought Labels could be fix my problem also.
No Problem. i just build another array
arr[time]=ids

[GreenSock]

This seems very odd to me - the entire point of labels is the exact opposite - they allow you to associate an easy-to-remember label with a particular time. But you're asking to do the opposite, right? You want to know the label that's associated with a particular time? That's totally doable, but I still don't understand any practical usage for that - what would you use that resulting time for? If you're using that to control the playhead going there, why not just use the time in the first place? 

 

function labelAtTime(timeline, label) {
  for (let p in timeline.labels) {
    if (p === label) {
      return timeline.labels[p];
    }
  }
}

Another option is to use the .currentLabel() method: 

timeline.seek(time);
let label = timeline.currentLabel();

Your solution of arr[time] = ids looks a bit odd to me because what if it's a decimal instead of an integer? Typically Arrays are indexed with integers, so it'd be very odd to do something like arr[2.5474]. See what I mean? 

[dazzafact]

Hey, thanks!
i think this was what iam looking for:
timeline.seek(time);
let label = timeline.currentLabel();

 

Many Thanks