Using variable as String

[fusionboy]

Hi,

I'm trying to use a function that accepts a String as an argument. The string I need to send this function has been assigned to a variable: theText. The function works fine if I type a String (i.e."hi there" works fine), but not if I pass it the variable name. I tried eval(theText) which would work in Javascript, but seems I read somewhere that eval works differently in Flash. Anyway, I'm out of ideas. Can anyone please help me!???

Thanks!

 

[billwatson]

i amy be missing something from your post but

function what(vars){
trace(vars)
}
the_text = "monday";
what(the_text);
the_text = 123;
what(the_text);

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[fusionboy]

Right.

what(theText);

produces nothing (I am tracing theText -- so I know there is a string in it). But

what("hi"

behaves correctly. The string I am passing has HTML in it, which I thought might be the problem, but I tried

what(&quot;<b>hi</b>&quot;

and it worked fine.

 

[billwatson]

what(thetext) works fine for me

post sample content of thetext so i can try to recreate the problem


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[fusionboy]

Ok, turns out it is the HTML that is crashing the function. I think I can handle it from here...
Thanks for your help!