MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004 - ACTIONSCRIPT - Page 404

404 Chapter 12: ActionScript Dictionary
instanceof
Availability
Flash Player 6.
Usage
object
instanceof class
Parameters
object
An ActionScript object.
class A reference to an ActionScript constructor function, such as String or Date.
Returns
If object is an instance of class, instanceof returns true; otherwise, instanceof returns
false. Also, _global instanceof Object returns false.
Description
Operator; determines whether an object belongs to a specified class. Tests whether object is an
instance of
class.
The
instanceof operator does not convert primitive types to wrapper objects. For example, the
following code returns
true:
new String("Hello") instanceof String;
Whereas the following code returns false:
"Hello" instanceof String;
See also
typeof
int
Availability
Flash Player 4. This function was deprecated in Flash 5 in favor of Math.round().
Usage
int(value)
Parameters
value
A number to be rounded to an integer.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Function; converts a decimal number to the closest integer value.