[flexcoders] Re: Null object error on test for null

[Amy]

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tom McNeer <tmcn...@...> wrote:
>
> In the function below, I begin by testing to see if a particular object is
> null (the array of ComboBoxes that represent the children of a Repeater,
> which may or may not exist). The element is defined in MXML, though of
> course it may be null.

Have you tried just

if (filterCombo) {
//stuff
}

I wouldn't normally suggest this, but it may avoid the error.

HTH;

Amy