MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-FLASH LITE 2.X ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE - Tostring (String.tostring Method)

640 ActionScript classes
An example is also in the Strings.fla file in the ActionScript samples folder. The following list
gives typical paths to this folder:
■ Windows: boot drive\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash 8\Samples and
Tutorials\Samples\ActionScript
■ Macintosh: Macintosh HD/Applications/Macromedia Flash 8/Samples and Tutorials/
Samples/ActionScript
See also
toUpperCase (String.toUpperCase method)
toString (String.toString method)
public toString() : String
Returns an object's properties as strings regardless of whether the properties are strings.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0
Returns
String - The string.
Example
The following example outputs an uppercase string that lists all of an object's properties
(regardless of whether the properties are strings):
var employee:Object = new Object();
employee.name = "bob";
employee.salary = 60000;
employee.id = 284759021;
var employeeData:String = new String();
for (prop in employee)
{
employeeData += employee[prop].toString().toUpperCase() + " ";
}
trace(employeeData);
If the toString() method were not included in this code (and the line within the for loop
used
employee[prop].toUpperCase()), the output would be "undefined undefined
BOB
". By including the toString() method, the desired output is produced: "284759021
60000 BOB
".