Declaring variables through an if statement

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i’m kind of an actionscript noob :blush:
does this make any sense?

i’m trying to define a variable based on whether or not another variable is null.
(i created this example for the sake of clarity)

var nothing:String = null;
var apples:String = "Red";
var bananas:String = "Yellow";
var blueberries:String = "Blue";


if (nothing == null) {
	
	var fruitSalad:String = "colorless";
	
} else {
	
	var fruitSalad:String = apples + bananas + blueberries;
	
}


trace(fruitSalad);

i keep getting this as an error:
1151: A conflict exists with definition fruitSalad in namespace internal.

any help would rock :thumb:

thanks guys | idriss