Question

I have the following code

function _getTime(msgStr){
       var theStr:int = (int)msgStr.split(' ');
       return theStr;
     }

And am recieving the following error.

Expecting Semicolon Before msgStr

Not sure what the problem is

I am trying to convert this PHP function. Found online to use split but it does not seem to work.

function _getTime($msgStr){
    return (int) strtok($msgStr,' ');
}

Answer 1

1) Type casting in ActionScript works like this:

int (1.15)

instead of

(int) 1.15

2) AsTheWormTurns is right: split() returns an array of strings – you cannot cast it to int. If I understand the PHP function correctly, it returns only the first entry of that array as int. So what you are looking for should be:

function _getTime ( msgStr : String ) : int {
    var arr : Array = msgStr.split (' ');
    var theStr : int = parseInt( arr[0] );
    return theStr;
}

or even simpler, since parseInt() parses everything until the first non-numerical character:

function _getTime (msgStr:String) : int {
    return parseInt (msgStr);
}