How to Connect to Socket IP Using a String?

[Twisted4000]

I'm trying to make a TCP Flash game, and though I got it to work, I can't seem to get it to connect to an IP address using a string. The reason I want to do this is so that players can type in an IP address they'd want to connect to.

Here's what I have so far:

sock.connect('192.168.0.22',8080);

It works and connects to my IP address, and anyone else on the same LAN can connect to it as well, but if the server is on a DIFFERENT computer in the house, this IP would not work. That's why I want to be able to have a string to type in-game.

I tried this:

var ipaddress:String = '192.168.0.22';

sock.connect(ipaddress,8080);

But it does not work. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

[dmennenoh · Accepted solution]

Something else is not working.

sock.connect('192.168.0.22',8080);

var ipaddress:String = '192.168.0.22';

sock.connect(ipaddress,8080);

Those are equivalent statements, and connect takes a string for IP - it does not matter if you define the string in the connect itself, or prior to it.

[Twisted4000]

Somehow, that worked! Thank you.