ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

typeof Operator

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ActionScript Language Reference

Example

trace(firstName); // Output the value of firstName

trace(myClip); // Output the path to myClip

trace(myClip._x) // Output the x coordinate of myClip

trace("hello" + " there"); // Resolve and then output the expression

See Also

Object.watch(); Chapter 17

typeof Operator

determine the datatype of an expression or identifier

Flash 5

typeof operand;

Operands

operand The expression or identifier whose datatype will be determined.

Returns

A string indicating the datatype of the evaluated operand as shown in Table 3-4 in

Chapter 3.

Description

The typeof operator returns the datatype of operand. For example, it returns “movieclip”

when used with a movie clip identifier.

See Also

instanceof; “The typeof Operator,” in Chapter 5; “Determining the Type of an Existing

Datum,” and Table 3-4 in Chapter 3

unescape() Global Function

decode an escaped (URL-encoded) string

Flash 5

unescape(stringExpression)

Arguments

stringExpression

A string (or an expression that resolves to a string) that was previously

encoded via escape().

Returns

A new string that is a decoded version of string.

Description

The unescape() function returns a new string based on string. The new string contains

equivalent characters for every occurrence of hexadecimal escape sequences in

string ...