In this section we create arrays which contain the following items
aCount: counts for each segment of chart. Total needn't be 100.
aCategory: category names for each (corresponding) segment
aColor: colors (defined as hex values) for each segment
Other variables that will be needed are defined here too. If desired, the array values could be read from an external text file, or even calculated with an ASP or CF script from a database and sent to Flash.
aCount = new Array(20, 5, 50, 37, 10);
aCategory = new Array("lions", "monkeys", "birds", "elephants", "snakes");
nElements = aCount.length;
aColor = new Array(0x0000cc, 0x669999, 0xcc66cc, 0x00cccc, 0x9933cc);
aPercent = new Array(nElements);
nDepth = 1;
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