my understanding of it is as follows. basically, its the same thing except when you are dealing with exceptions. if the cast doesnt work out, you get an exception (which u could handle in a try catch). if the 'as' doesnt work out, it returns a null (so u would use an if test to handle it. eg if(myObject == null)).
also you can only use the 'as' operator if your casting to a to Date or Array (....i think). regrds bod --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "polestar11" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Jeremy > > I have also had the problem in the past of the 'as X' expression > returning null. To solve it you dont have to create a new > ArrayCollection object, but only cast it as one: > > > countries = ArrayCollection(event.result.countries) > > I dont know what the difference is between each: > myData as ArrayCollection vs. ArrayCollection(myData) > Does anyone out there know the difference? > > Regards > Tracy > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
