RefrenceError: Error #1056

[TOverturf]

Hello

I'm trying to assign a number to a object property and I get the following error:

ReferenceError: Error #1056: Cannot create property choice on String. ...at Main.as:791

Line 791 is: customClass.redirectionUnre.choice = 2;

Before I try to overwrite the property, it is a string ("2" instead of 2). Does this matter? If so, what workaround do I have to use?

[kglad]

what type of object is customClass.redirectionUnre?

that's the issue.

[TOverturf]

Im not quite sure, does this help?:

public var redirectionUnre:Object = {};

[kglad]

it helps if that line of code is in your customClass'es class file.

if it is, what is choice?

[TOverturf]

Yes, its in the customClass. I define the choice like this:

var result:Array = choiceSniffer.exec(redirectionData);

redirectionUnre.choice = result[2];

redirectionData is a string and choice equals a match from a capture group.

[kglad · Accepted solution]

unless your customClass instance is a singleton you probably are using different customClass instances to define redirectionUnre.

[TOverturf]

My bad, i mistakenly redefined the Object a few lines prior:

redirectionUnre = 1;

not defining a property, just the object. Problem fixed, but shouldn't the debugger notify me of this? As it does if I try to define String vars with Arrays?

[kglad]

no, not with an object.

this would probably pass the compiler:

var obj:Object={};

obj=1;