problem setting :String

[chriso20]

Hey,

Here's my code;

eval("card"+movecard).card.command = [topbot+movecard+"to"+secondnum];

Can someone tell me why it comes up with an error when i put ;

eval("card"+movecard).card.command:String = [topbot+movecard+"to"+secondnum];

Reason i have to do this is because i'm setting the variable "command" to some text but i think it doesn't return as text when u do the eval/[] bracket thing.


Thanks for you help.

[dmonkey]

Hi,

You can only use strict typing when you declare the variable using the 'var' statement. You can either declare a new variable and then copy it to the movieClip, like this:

code:

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var shouldBeString:String = [topbot+movecard+"to"+secondnum]

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(which by the way ISN'T a string, its an array because you used [] brackets,) or you can test to see if it's a string using the typeof operator:

code:

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trace(typeof(eval("card"+movecard).card.command) == "string");

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Hope this helps.

[chriso20]

awesome, thank you.


Just so you know - i was over complicating it, i didn't need to put the last part in brackets, it should have been;

eval("card"+movecard).card.command = topbot+movecard+"to"+secondnum;

Thanks though!