flash actionscript: I'm having trouble getting the length of a node selected from a tree component.
I put it in a string:

var userChoice:String = evt.target.selectedNode;
// But then, this fails, I get "undefined" for the value of str_ct:
var str_ct:Number = userChoice.length

// But, if I put the variable "userChoice" into the text of a label component,
then evaluate its length, it works:
user_choice_fld.text = userChoice;
var str_ct:Number = user_choice_fld.text.length;
trace("character count is: " + str_ct;

What's the difference?

TIA,

Bert

Don't know. But my guess is that selectedNode is a Node. (Just a guess.) I
think you want this. var userChoice:String =
evt.target.selectedNode.toString(); I'm just making that up out of my head
cause I'm away from Flash at the moment. But I think that is about right. Check
the help files for toString(); Are you in MX04?

Thank you Rothrock. You nailed it.