AS3 Error, help needed!

November 8th, 2009, 9:47 am

This is my AS3 coding, however this error for line else{standarweight...txtinches.text));keeps showing up 1067: Implicit coercion of a value of type String to an unrelated type Number. Can anyone help me?

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stop();
btn_standard.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, standard);
function standard(evt:MouseEvent):void {
   gotoAndStop(1);
}
btn_metric.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, metric);
function metric(evt:MouseEvent):void {
   gotoAndStop(2);
}
 
var standardweight:Number=0;
 
//restrict to numbers and fullstops
txtpounds.restrict = "0-9, . ";
txtinches.restrict = "0-9, . ";
txtkg.restrict = "0-9, . ";
txtmetre.restrict = "0-9, . ";
 
submit_standard.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, stopUser);
 
function stopUser(evt:MouseEvent):void {
   if (txtpounds.text == "") {
      stage.focus = txtpounds;
   }
   else if (txtinches.text == "") {
      stage.focus = txtinches;
   }
   else {
      standardweight = Number(txtpounds.text)/((txtinches.text)*(txtinches.text));
         if (standardweight <= 18.5) {
            gotoAndStop(3);
         }
         else if(18.5 >= standardweight <= 24.9) {
            gotoAndStop(4);
         }
         else if(25 >= standardweight <= 29.9) {
            gotoAndStop(5);
         }
         else if(30 >= standardweight <= 34.9) {
            gotoAndStop(6);
         }
         else if(35 >= standardweight <= 39.9) {
            gotoAndStop(7);
         }
         else if(standardweight >= 40) {
            gotoAndStop(7);
         }
         else {
            gotoAndStop(1);
         }
   }
}

1. stop();
2. btn_standard.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, standard);
3. function standard(evt:MouseEvent):void {
4.    gotoAndStop(1);
5. }
6. btn_metric.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, metric);
7. function metric(evt:MouseEvent):void {
8.    gotoAndStop(2);
9. }
10.  
11. var standardweight:Number=0;
12.  
13. //restrict to numbers and fullstops
14. txtpounds.restrict = "0-9, . ";
15. txtinches.restrict = "0-9, . ";
16. txtkg.restrict = "0-9, . ";
17. txtmetre.restrict = "0-9, . ";
18.  
19. submit_standard.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, stopUser);
20.  
21. function stopUser(evt:MouseEvent):void {
22.    if (txtpounds.text == "") {
23.       stage.focus = txtpounds;
24.    }
25.    else if (txtinches.text == "") {
26.       stage.focus = txtinches;
27.    }
28.    else {
29.       standardweight = Number(txtpounds.text)/((txtinches.text)*(txtinches.text));
30.          if (standardweight <= 18.5) {
31.             gotoAndStop(3);
32.          }
33.          else if(18.5 >= standardweight <= 24.9) {
34.             gotoAndStop(4);
35.          }
36.          else if(25 >= standardweight <= 29.9) {
37.             gotoAndStop(5);
38.          }
39.          else if(30 >= standardweight <= 34.9) {
40.             gotoAndStop(6);
41.          }
42.          else if(35 >= standardweight <= 39.9) {
43.             gotoAndStop(7);
44.          }
45.          else if(standardweight >= 40) {
46.             gotoAndStop(7);
47.          }
48.          else {
49.             gotoAndStop(1);
50.          }
51.    }
52. }

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November 8th, 2009, 12:27 pm

Read this and see if it makes sense to you
http://www.wuup.co.uk/as3-quick-tips-st ... ice-versa/

I'm not very good with converting strings to numbers and back again, etc, but I can tell you that's why you're getting that error. It's a data type mismatch and you're trying to perform a calculation on it that isn't working.

Unfortunately I can't tell you how exactly to write it correctly at this point. I suck at math. Even in Flash lol.

November 8th, 2009, 6:05 pm

Thanks the link fixed the problem!