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function listener(e:Event):void { var m:MovieClip=e.target as MovieClip; m.x++; } If such a listener is attached to an object that's not a MovieClip descendant (for example, a Sprite), the typecast will fail, and any subsequent operations with its result will throw the 1009 error.

var a:Object; trace(a); // null trace(a.b); // Error 1009 Here, an object reference is declared, but is never assigned a value, be it with new or assignment of a non-null value. Requesting its properties or method results in a 1009 error.

x=anObject.aProperty.anotherProperty.getSomething().data; Here, any object before the dot can end up being null, and using methods that return complex objects only increases the complication to debug the null error. Worst case if the method is prone to extraneous failures, say retrieving data ove...

s=this.getChildByName("garbage"); if (s.parent==this) {...} getChildByName() is one of the many functions that can return null if an error occurred when processing its input. Therefore, if you are receiving an object from any function that can possibly return null, check for null first...

addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,moveChild); function moveChild(e:Event):void { childMC.x++; if (childMC.x>1000) { gotoAndStop(2); } } This example will move the childMC (added to Main at design time) but will instantly throw a 1009 as soon as gotoAndStop() is invok...

prerequisite of scrapy installation: Python 2.7 or above 3.3 pip and setuptools Python packages. lxml OpenSSL. You can install Scrapy using pip. To install using pip run: pip install Scrapy Platform specific installation Anaconda This is the recommended way to install Scrapy. ...

interface ITable { // an indexer can be declared in an interface object this[int x, int y] { get; set; } } class DataTable : ITable { private object[,] cells = new object[10, 10]; /// <summary> /// implementation of the indexer declared in the interface //...

To destroy, delete, or unset an array: unset array To destroy, delete, or unset a single array element: unset array[10]

4.0 Declare an associative array declare -A aa Declaring an associative array before initialization or use is mandatory. Initialize elements You can initialize elements one at a time as follows: aa[hello]=world aa[ab]=cd aa["key with space"]="hello world" You can al...

Get the list of inialized indexes in an array $ arr[2]='second' $ arr[10]='tenth' $ arr[25]='twenty five' $ echo ${!arr[@]} 2 10 25

sqldf() from the package sqldf allows the use of SQLite queries to select and manipulate data in R. SQL queries are entered as character strings. To select the first 10 rows of the "diamonds" dataset from the package ggplot2, for example: data("diamonds") head(diamonds) #...

Windows There are two options how to install Kivy: First ensure python tools are up-to-date. python -m pip install --upgrade pip wheel setuptools Then install the basic dependencies. python -m pip install docutils pygments pypiwin32 kivy.deps.sdl2 kivy.deps.glew Although Kivy already has p...

Rescue from record not found error instead of showing an exception or white page: class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base # ... your other stuff here rescue_from ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound do |exception| redirect_to root_path, 404, alert: 'Record not found' en...

The JsonPipe can be used for debugging the state of any given internal. Code @Component({ selector: 'json-example', template: `<div> <p>Without JSON pipe:</p> <pre>{{object}}</pre> <p>With JSON pipe:</p> <pre>{{object | json...

You can install three.js via npm: npm install three You can add it from a CDN to your HTML: <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/three.js/r83/three.js"></script> You can use the three.js editor to give it a try and download the project as an ex...

Arithmetic if statement allows one to use three branches depending on the result of an arithmetic expression if (arith_expr) label1, label2, label3 This if statement transfers control flow to one of the labels in a code. If the result of arith_expr is negative label1 is involved, if the result i...

Detailed instructions on getting tfs set up or installed.

This validation restricts the insertion of only numeric values. class Player < ApplicationRecord validates :points, numericality: true validates :games_played, numericality: { only_integer: true } end Besides :only_integer, this helper also accepts the following options to add constrai...

This helper validates that the attribute's value is unique right before the object gets saved. class Account < ApplicationRecord validates :email, uniqueness: true end There is a :scope option that you can use to specify one or more attributes that are used to limit the uniqueness check: ...

This helper validates that the specified attributes are not empty. class Person < ApplicationRecord validates :name, presence: true end Person.create(name: "John").valid? # => true Person.create(name: nil).valid? # => false You can use the absence helper to validate th...