A constructor cannot specify a return type.

Question

I have a shuffleList.as file with this code...
package {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
public class shuffleList extends MovieClip{
function shuffleList(arr:Array):Array{
var shuffled:Array = arr.slice();
for (var i:int=0; i<arr.length; i++) {
var element:Object = shuffled
var rnd:int = Math.floor(arr.length * Math.random());
shuffled = shuffled[rnd];
shuffled[rnd] = element;
return shuffled;
In the first frame i put this code...
import shuffleList
var numA:Array = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]
var numB:Array = shuffleList(numB);
var myText:String = numB.pop()
fieldA.text = myText
With this code I want to put in random order the numbers from
0 to 10 in the fieldA.
When run this file the compiler report this error: "A
constructor cannot specify a return type."
Where I'm wrong;
I'm new in actionscript..
Please help...

Answer 1

Hey Petros,
I had a similar problem and the response I got was:
1) the constructor is used to set up the class but it doesn't
really exist until it is instantiated and therefore cannot include
any 'interaction' including a return.
2) Therefore, you might try replacing
function.shuffleList ... with
function.shuffleList() { // to enable instantiation
public function doit(arr:Array):Array { // to enable
interaction
The rest of the code follows this then the call in the first
frame replaces
var numB:Array ... with
new shuffleList(); // instantiate the class
var numB:Array = shuffleList.doit(numB) // interact with the
class
Let me know how it goes...Daniel