concidering that we have no idea what you are setting those variables to, and the the != works I would GUESS yes, it is a typing problem.
"5" != 5 Charles P. On 2/4/06, dls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Don't know what's up, but the following if statement doesn't work... > both variables trace to be 5. > both values were loaded from an xml document and assigned variable names. > > > > if(_root.c7parent == _root.c3id){ > //do something > > } > > oddly, if I use the following code it works!!??? could this be some sort > of data type problem? > > if(_root.c7parent != _root.c3id){ > //do something > > } > > Thanks in advance > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >
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