AS: if statement evaluating incorrectly - actionscript-3

Question

I have a very simple piece of logic as follows:
var divert:Number = 0;
for (var connection in _connections) {
trace("target: " + _connections[connection].target + " || i: " + (i + 1));
if(int(_connections[connection].target) != (i + 1)) {
trace("bad connection");
divert++;
}
}
The problem is that when i + 1 and int(_connections[connection].target) are equal the if statement is returning true as can be seen in the output of my trace() statements below:
target: 0 || i: 1
bad connection
target: 1 || i: 1
bad connection
Can anyone see what could be causing this to happen?
EDIT: The function this is contained in as per request:
public function loadListener(i:Number, onProgress:Function, onComplete:Function):Void
{
trace("load listening to: "+i);
trace("next in queue: " + _queues["lower"][0] + " | " + _queues["upper"][0]);
_functions[i] = {onProgress:onProgress, onComplete:onComplete};
if (_queues["lower"][0] != i + 1 || _queues["upper"][0] != i + 1) {
var divert:Number = 0;
for (var connection in _connections) {
trace("target: "+_connections[connection].target+" || i: "+(i+1));
if(int(_connections[connection].target) != (i + 1)) {
trace("bad connection");
divert++;
}
}
if (divert == _connections.length) {
_diversion = i + 1;
trace("divert: "+divert+" || connections: "+_connections.length);
}
}
}

Answer 1

First of all, why use a for(var) loop when you can use
var divert:Number = 0;
for each(var connection in _connections) {
trace("target: " + connection.target + " || i: " + (i + 1));
if(int(connection.target) != (i + 1)) {
trace("bad connection");
divert++;
}
}
To debug further, replace
trace("target: " + connection.target + " || i: " + (i + 1));
with
trace("target: " + int(connection.target) + " || i: " + (i + 1));
If this traces zero, you know where the issue is.
You could try doing
if(connection.target.toString() != (i + 1).toString()) {