Random Number Generator throwing error
In my code I have a function chooseTarget which parses through all children of the stage, determines if they have _enemy in their instance name, adds it to an array, and returns a random index of that array.
function chooseTarget():Object
{
var listofenemies:Array;
for(var n:uint = 0; n < stage.numChildren; n++){
if(stage.getChildAt(n).name.indexOf('_enemy', 0) >= 0)
{
listofenemies.push(stage.getChildAt(n));
trace(listofenemies
); }
}
if(n == stage.numChildren)
{
var ran:Number = Math.floor(Math.random() * (listofenemies.length - 0 + 1)) + 0; //this gives an error
var curtarg:Object = listofenemies[ran]
}
return curtarg;
}
When this function is called, however, I get
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
Pointing to the ran variable.
What is going on?
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