getting the index?

[mimeartist]

Having a bit of a brain melt with this having not done any gsap for a while...

 

i'm trying to see when each tween in a loop of stuff starts by returning it's index, or even just it's ID, so I can then get various values from it...

 

I'm actually using splitText, but this is a very simple version of what I'm trying to achieve... how do I get the index of the for loop when each tween starts?

 

Thank you!!

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[GreenSock]

Are you trying to do this?:

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[mimeartist]

thank you, that works.

 

Is there no other way of parsing a value using my for loop, as I may not want to use stagger as I'm going to be using it for things that also aren't splitText etc?

 

 

[GreenSock]

There are plenty of ways to do it, sure. I just think it's clunky to use a for loop like that because you lose clean access to the index since it iterates every time through the loop. 

See the Pen yLQPRXx?editors=0010 by GreenSock (@GreenSock) on CodePen

 

The way I coded it in the first response doesn't require any stagger at all - I was just giving you that option if you wanted it. If I were you, I'd certainly be doing the .forEach() like I showed in the first reply. 

[mimeartist]

Thanks Jack,

 

clunky is my middle name - I'll use the targets for now, but agree I should be seeking out more elegant ways 👍