Help with this melee system js code? Max distance variable not working

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#pragma strict

var TheDamage : int = 50; 
var Distance : float;
var MaxDistance : float = 1.5:
 function Update ()
  { 
  if (Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1"))
   {
    	var hit : RaycastHit;
     	if (Physics.Raycast (transform.position, transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward), hit))
        {
       			Distance = hit.distance;
        		if (Distance < MaxDistance)
        		(
        		hit.transform.SendMessage("Apply.Damage", TheDamage, SendMessageOptions.DontRequireReceiver); 
        		} 
        	} 
        }

I cant get the max distance variable to work

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