Problems with dealing with a collision (code not working?) - actionscript-3

Question

I am trying to detect a collision between 2 rectangles and so I am using a rectangle intersection method to determine where the collision is happening.
if (weakRect.y < strongRect.y)
{
weakRect.y -= overlapRect.height; << Does nothing
vSpeed = 0; << Changes int value
}
This line of code doesn't seem to do anything at all when I run through it, I've tried removing it and adding other stuff but it does not seem to work although other things inside the if statement work.
function rectBlock(strongRect1:MovieClip, weakRect1:MovieClip){
var strongRect:Rectangle = new Rectangle;
var weakRect:Rectangle = new Rectangle;
strongRect = strongRect1.getBounds(stage);
weakRect = weakRect1.getBounds(stage);
var overlapRect:Rectangle = strongRect.intersection(weakRect);
trace (overlapRect)
if (overlapRect.width > overlapRect.height)
{
if (weakRect.y < strongRect.y)
{
weakRect.y -= overlapRect.height;
vSpeed = 0;
}
else if (weakRect.y > strongRect.y)
{
weakRect.y += overlapRect.height;
vSpeed = 0;
}
}
if (overlapRect.width < overlapRect.height)
{
if (weakRect.x < strongRect.x)
{
weakRect.x -= overlapRect.width;
hSpeed = 0;
}
else if (weakRect.x < strongRect.x)
{
weakRect.x += overlapRect.width;
hSpeed = 0;
}
}
Even when tracing a "yes" under the if statements it prints it when I am in a collision it just does not move weakRect back out of the collision.

Answer 1

You need to change position of weakRect1(movieclip) not weakRect(rectangle)
weakRect1.y -= overlapRect.height; //<=>weakRect.y -= overlapRect.height;
...
weakRect1.y += overlapRect.height; //<=>weakRect.y += overlapRect.height;
...
weakRect1.x -= overlapRect.width; //<=>weakRect.x -= overlapRect.width;
...
weakRect1.x += overlapRect.width; //<=>weakRect.x += overlapRect.width;