CODEWITHSUNDEEP
actionscript-3
Bondca
Bondca

Reputation: 39

1050 Cannot assign to a non-reference value as3

I'm having some trouble with the error "1050: Cannot assign to a non-reference value." I'm still fairly new to coding, and so being unable to fix this error is frustrating, any help will be greatly appreciated.

var PracticeDummyHealth:int=50
var PlayerAttack:int=20;

public function PlayerAttackFunction(){
    if(PracticeDummyHealth>0){
        PracticeDummyHealth-PlayerAttack=PracticeDummyHealth;
    }
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1514

Answers (1)

user166390
user166390

Reputation:

An grammar construct which is not a Property/Variable name is on the left of the = assignment operator:

// expression                   = expression
PracticeDummyHealth-PlayerAttack=PracticeDummyHealth;
// which makes as much sense to ActionScript as .. it's not an equation solver :)
// 100 - 50 = 100

Compare with this valid code:

// variable         = new_value
PracticeDummyHealth = PracticeDummyHealth - PlayerAttack;
// or
PracticeDummyHealth -= PlayerAttack;

Note that a "reference" (read: Property/Variable name) appears on the left of the = (or compound -=) in both of these cases. This terminology comes from the specification which deals with l-values and it is slightly unfortunate it doesn't yield a nicer error message here.

Upvotes: 1

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