The "as" operator might help you out, eg.
var a : Array = SomethingFromSomwhere as Array;
Ralf.
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 7:39 PM, Jayson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a class that extends PieChart(I'm calling this CustomPie) and
> I'm passing in an array returned from an ArrayCollection. The new
> array I've called "alternateLegendData." So I define this as a public
> variable(Object) in the class and I can now pass in a new parameter.
> My goal is to use this array being passed in as the data for the
> PieChart legend.
>
> In mxml in CustomPie, I have
> alternateLegendData="{myArrayCollection.getItemAt(x)}" - this works,
> and it passes in the right array, but for some reason it is an Object
> and not an Array and I cannot manipulate it.
>
> So my problem is that I built an ArrayCollection:
>
> myArrayCollection.addItem(array1);
> myArrayCollection.addItem(array2);
> myArrayCollection.addItem(array3);
> myArrayCollection.addItem(array4);
>
> So essentially the ArrayCollection is, as the name states, a
> collection of arrays.
>
> When I do, for example, myArrayCollection.getItemAt(1), an Object is
> returned and not an Array.
>
> I've tried doing Array(myArrayCollection.getItemAt(1)),
> ArrayUtil.toArray(myArrayCollection.getItemAt(1)) - neither of these
> will return an array.
>
> Anyone have an idea?
>
>
