AS3 syntax question

[John_Locke_2013]

Hi,

Having a syntax problem/question. When I write this in AS3, I get the correct result: 4

          var wordArray1:Array = ["test","apple","orange","olive"];

          var theLevel:Number = 1;

          trace(root["wordArray" + theLevel].length);

but when I write it this way, inside a function, I get an error:

function test():void

{

          var wordArray1:Array = ["test","apple","orange","olive"];

          var theLevel:Number = 1;

          trace(root["wordArray" + theLevel].length);

}

test();

I can't understand what I'm doing wrong? Any ideas?

[moccamaximum · Accepted solution]

in the second case wordArrays scope is limited to the function.

so when you try to adress wordArray with root.wordArray, the main timeline doesn`t know about it.

simple fix: declare it outside of the function.

var wordArray1:Array;

function test():void

{

          wordArray1= ["test","apple","orange","olive"];

          var theLevel:Number = 1;

          trace(root["wordArray" + theLevel].length);

}

test();

[John_Locke_2013]

Thank you so much. That resolved the problem right away!

[sinious]

Here's an Adobe article you should briefly read to understand variable scope to solve any future headaches:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ActionScript/3.0_ProgrammingAS3/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118a9b90204-7f9...