Doh! Thanks. (Didn't realize that the date object returned a Number).
--- In [email protected], "Gregor Kiddie" <gregor.kid...@...> wrote: > > You're trying to assign a number into a string really... > > > > Just doing this should be enough. > > > > currentDate = "11"; > > > > It does raise the issue... if you are always wanting to treat the date > as a number, why create it as a string in the first place? > > > > Gk. > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of stldvd > Sent: 09 June 2010 14:23 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Reference value > > > > > > Hi, > > I'm working on a sports app with teams. Depending on the date, different > team matchups will be displayed. However, before the 11th we just want > to display the matchup for the 11th. > > I have the following code, but I'm getting a compile-time error: > "Target of assignment must be a reference value." > > Here's the code. > > var now:Date = new Date(); > var currentDate:String = now.getDate().toString() > //if the current date is before the 11th, set it to the 11th > if((Number(currentDate)) < 11) > { > Number(currentDate) = 11; //error is here > > } > else > ... > > I realize I'm assigning a value to a value, and that's the problem. I'm > just not sure how to fix it. > > Thanks. >
