ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

play() Global Function

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Note that the parseInt() function extracts integer values only, unlike parseFloat(), which

can also extract fractional values but can be used only with base-10 numbers.

Example

We use parseInt() primarily to extract integers from a string that contains both numbers

and text or to remove the decimal place from a number (similar to Math.floor()):

parseInt("Wow, 20 people were there"); // Yields NaN

parseInt("20 people were there"); // Yields 20

parseInt("1001", 2); // Yields 9 (1001 evaluated in binary)

parseInt(1.5); // Yields 1 (the number 1.5 is converted

// to the string "1.5" before the parseInt

// operation proceeds)

See Also

Math.floor(), NaN, Number(), parseFloat(); “Explicit Type Conversion,” in Chapter 3; “Inte-

gers and Floating-Point Numbers,” in Chapter 4

play() Global Function

begin the sequential display of frames in a movie (i.e., play the movie)

Flash 2

play()

Description

Invoking the play() function initiates the sequential display of the frames in the current

timeline. The current timeline is the timeline of the main movie or movie clip from which

the play() function was invoked. Frames are displayed at a rate dictated by the frames per

second (or FPS) setting of the entire movie, which is set under the Movie Properties ...