Declaring variables w/ dot syntax

[Bernie X]

Has anyone else notice that if you put

_root.my_variable;

or

_level0.my_variable;

on the main timeline that they don't show up in the debugger, but if you use

var my_variable;

it does show on the _level0 as a variable

Is there logical reasoning to this?

[sfa]

the "var" is used to declare a variable. The other way of declaring a variable is to assign a value to one before declaring it. If you just mention the variable without declaring it or assigning a value to it, it doesnt exist. (i,m tired now)

SFA