258 Chapter 12: ActionScript Dictionary
= (assignment)
Availability
Flash Player 4.
Flash 4 file:
x = y
Converted Flash 5 or later file:
Number(x) == Number(y)
Usage
expression1 = expression2
Parameters
expression1
A variable, element of an array, or property of an object.
expression2 A value of any type.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Operator; assigns the type of expression2 (the parameter on the right) to the variable, array
element, or property in
expression1.
In Flash 5 or later,
= is an assignment operator, and the == operator is used to evaluate equality. In
Flash 4,
= is a numeric equality operator. Flash 4 files brought into the Flash 5 or later authoring
environment undergo a conversion process to maintain data type integrity.
Example
The following example uses the assignment operator to assign the Number data type to the
variable
x.
x = 5
The following example uses the assignment operator to assign the String data type to the variable
x.
x = "hello"
See also
== (equality)
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