MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004 - ACTIONSCRIPT - Page 573

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Description
Method; returns the string representation of the specified Number object (myNumber).
If
myNumber is undefined, the return value is as follows:
• In files published for Flash Player 6 or earlier, the result is 0.
• In files published for Flash Player 7 or later, the result is NaN.
Example
The following example uses 2 and 8 for the radix parameter and returns a string that contains
the corresponding representation of the number 9.
myNumber = new Number (9);
trace(myNumber.toString(2)); / 1001
trace(myNumber.toString(8)); / 11
See also
NaN
Number.valueOf()
Availability
Flash Player 5.
Usage
myNumber.valueOf()
Parameters
None.
Returns
A number.
Description
Method; returns the primitive value type of the specified Number object.
Number()
Availability
Flash Player 4; behavior changed in Flash Player 7.
Usage
Number(expression)
Parameters
expression
An expression to convert to a number.
Returns
A number or NaN.