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Listening to TextField Events

textInput Event package {     import flash.text.TextField;     import flash.display.Sprite;     import flash.events.TextEvent;     public class Main extends Sprite     {         private var inputText:TextField;         private var regex:RegExp;         private var dict:Array;         public function Main()         {             dict = new Array("flash", "java", "C#", "python", "ruby", "C++");             inputText = new TextField();             inputText.type = "input";             inputText.addEventListener(TextEvent.TEXT_INPUT, predictText);             inputText.border = true;             addChild(inputText);         }         private function predictText(textEvent:TextEvent):void         {             this.regex = new RegExp(textEvent.text, "i");             for each(var term:String in dict)             {                 if(regex.test(term))                 {                     inputText.text = term.substring(textEvent.text.length);                 }             }         }     } }