package trade {

    public class Player {
        public var money:int = 1000;
        public var inventory:Array = new Array;

        public function Player() {
            trace ("The Player's inventory is empty");
            trace ("The Player's money: " + money);
        }

        public function buy(theItem:Item):void {
            trace ("The Player wants to buy a " + theItem.getName());
            if (money >= theItem.getPrice()) {
            inventory.push(theItem.getName());
            money -= theItem.getPrice();
            trace ("The Player bought a " + theItem.getName());
            trace ("The Player's inventory now contains: " + inventory);
            trace ("Player's money remaining: " + money);
            } else {
                trace ("The Player doesn't have enough money to buy " + theItem.getName());
                return;
            }
        }

        public function sell(theItem:Item):void {
            var hasItem:Boolean = false;
            trace ("The Player wants to sell a " + theItem.getName());
            for (var i:int = 0; i < inventory.length; i++ ) {
            //  trace ("[checking element " + [i] + " for " + theItem.getName() +"]");
                if (inventory[i] == theItem.getName()) {
                //  ("[the location of " + theItem.getName() + " is element " + [i]);
                    inventory.splice(i,1);
                    money += theItem.getPrice()*.8; // sell at 80% original value
                    trace ("The Player's inventory now contains: " + inventory);
                    hasItem = true;
                    break;
                }
            }
            if (!hasItem){
            trace ("The Player's inventory does not contain a " + theItem.getName());
            }

            trace ("The Player's inventory contains: " + inventory);
            trace ("Player's money remaining: " + money);
        }

    }

}








package trade {

    public class NPC {
        public var money:int = 1000;
        public var inventory:Array = new Array;

        public function NPC() {
            trace ("The NPC's inventory is empty");
            trace ("The NPC's money: " + money);
        }

        public function buy(theItem:Item):void {
            trace ("The NPC wants to buy a " + theItem.getName());
            if (money >= theItem.getPrice()) {
            for (var i:int = 0; i < inventory.length; i++ ) {
                if (inventory[i] == theItem.getName()) {
                inventory.push(theItem.getName());
                money -= theItem.getPrice();
                // right here I'm trying to remove this item from Player's inventory but I can't access the variable if they're not static even though they're public
                Player.inventory.splice(theItem.getName());
                Player.money += theItem.getPrice();

                trace ("The NPC bought a " + theItem.getName());
                trace ("The NPC's inventory now contains: " + inventory);
                trace ("NPC's money remaining: " + money);
                } else {
                    trace ("The NPC doesn't have enough money to buy " + theItem.getName());
                    return;
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        public function sell(theItem:Item):void {
            var hasItem:Boolean = false;
            trace ("The NPC wants to sell a " + theItem.getName());
            for (var i:int = 0; i < inventory.length; i++ ) {
            //      trace ("[checking element " + [i] + " for " + theItem.getName() +"]");
                if (inventory[i] == theItem.getName()) {
                //  ("[the location of " + theItem.getName() + " is element " + [i]);
                    inventory.splice(i,1);
                    money += theItem.getPrice()*.8; // sell at 80% original value
                    trace ("The NPC's inventory now contains: " + inventory);
                    hasItem = true;
                    break;
                }
            }
            if (!hasItem){
            trace ("The NPC's inventory does not contain a " + theItem.getName());
            }

            trace ("The NPC's inventory contains: " + inventory);
            trace ("NPC's money remaining: " + money);
        }

    }

}