ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

Number.MIN_VALUE Property

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On the other hand, the Number class’s toString() method is used with a Number object.

However, the interpreter takes care of creating a Number instance for us whenever we

invoke a method on a primitive numeric value. For example, here we use toString() to

convert a decimal number to its hexadecimal equivalent:

x = 102;

hex = x.toString(16); // A Number instance is automatically and (temporarily)

// created to "wrap" x for the sake of this operation.

As this is a fairly rare task, you probably won’t be using instances of the Number class

much.

See Also

The Math object; “The Number Type,” in Chapter 4

Number.MAX_VALUE Property

the largest representable positive number in ActionScript

Flash 5

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Number.MAX_VALUE

Description

The MAX_VALUE property returns the largest representable positive number in ActionScript

(1.79769313486231e+308). It is convenient when you want to start with a very large value,

as shown in the following Example. Any number greater than

MAX_VALUE can’t be repre-

sented by ActionScript and is therefore considered to be

POSITIVE_INFINITY (i.e., Infinity).

Example

Here we are looking for a minimum value in an array. We initialize the minVal variable to

MAX_VALUE, knowing that any subsequent value will be less than ...