Flex 3: Error: Repeater is not executing... i know why, but i dont know how to fix it

Question

I have the following code:

<mx:Repeater id="showNames" dataProvider="{parentApplication.bfa1aStudents}">
    <mx:Text text="{parentApplication.getStudentName(showNames.currentItem)}" color="#8ab534" click="nameSelected(Number(showNames.getRepeaterItem(showNames.currentIndex)));" selectable="false" mouseOver="parentApplication.switchCursor(true);" mouseOut="parentApplication.switchCursor(false);" />
</mx:Repeater>

I know you can't use currentItem or currentIndex on a click... and that this problem is fixed with the getRepeaterItem() function, but I'm not sure exactly how to use it. The DP is a bunch of numbers, representing user IDs if that matters. If anybody can help me out with my "click" portion of the text, it'd be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

try event.currentTarget.getRepeaterItem() for click instead of showNames