return class help

[knickers95]

im converting a load of my old AS2 classes into AS3 and im having problems with this one class i have. It is a class full of custom math functions, and all they do is they use the numbers given to them, and return a new value. simple. And it worked fine in AS2. but for some reason AS3 doesnt like it.

This is basically what ive done:

package
{
public class Math2
{
public function randRange(l:Number, h:Number):Number
{
return Math.round(l + (Math.random() * (h - l)));
}
}
}

this function returns a random number between the two given values.

and in the AS3 .fla, i put this into the key frame:


import Math2;

trace(Math2.randRange(1, 10));

But i keep getting an error message that says:

"1195: Attempted access of inaccessible method randRange through a reference with static type Class."

And i dont know why it doesnt work.

Many thanks in advanced :D

[ecptavares]

Hi!
here is what I´ve done and it worked fine!

My .as file Math2.as



package
{
public class Math2
{

public function randRange(l:Number, h:Number):Number
{
return Math.round(l + (Math.random() * (h - l)));
}
}
}



my test.fla file



import Math2

var s : Math2 = new Math2();
trace(s.randRange(10,20));



take a look and see if it is wht you want!

[hobbbz]

you need to make the randRange function static, just like the original Math classes functions are all static. Otherwise you have to do it like the prev. poster said.

[knickers95]

thanks guys!

it works fine now.

Just wondering, what does static mean/do?

[Felixz]

static means that variable, constant, function is attached to that class. When u do not set static keyword var, const, func is separete for each instance

[knickers95]

thanks for clearing that up felixz