RE: [flexcoders] Re: ArrayCollections

2006-07-28 Thread Mike Anderson
Mike -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of polestar11 Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 5:48 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: ArrayCollections Hi Jeremy I have also had the problem in the past of the 'as X'

[flexcoders] Re: ArrayCollections

2006-07-28 Thread bhaq1972
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

[flexcoders] Re: ArrayCollections

2006-07-28 Thread polestar11
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