MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 LANGUAGE - Substring Function; Targetpath Function

106 ActionScript language elements
substring function
substring(string:String, index:Number, count:Number) : String
Deprecated since Flash Player 5. This function was deprecated in favor of String.substr().
Extracts part of a string. This function is one-based, whereas the String object methods are
zero-based.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 4
Parameters
string:String - The string from which to extract the new string.
index:Number - The number of the first character to extract.
count:Number - The number of characters to include in the extracted string, not including
the index character.
Returns
String - The extracted substring.
See also
substr (String.substr method)
targetPath function
targetPath(targetObject:Object) : String
Returns a string containing the target path of a MovieClip, Button, TextField, or Videoobject.
The target path is returned in dot (.) notation. To retrieve the target path in slash (/) notation,
use the
_target property.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5 - Support for Button, TextField, and Video
objects added in Flash Player 6.
Parameters
targetObject:Object - Reference (for example, _root or _parent ) to the object for which
the target path is being retrieved. This can be a MovieClip, Button, or TextField object.
Returns
String - A string containing the target path of the specified object.