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ActionScript: The Definitive Guide
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ActionScript: The Definitive Guide

by Colin Moock
May 2001
Intermediate to advanced
720 pages
23h 24m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

Arguments Object — access to function parameters and the current function

Availability

Flash 5

Synopsis

arguments[elem]
arguments.propertyName

Properties

callee

A reference to the function being executed.

length

The number of parameters passed to the function being executed.

Description

The Arguments object is stored in the local arguments variable of every function and is accessible only while a function is executing. Arguments is both an array and an object. As an array, arguments stores the values of the parameters passed to the currently executing function. For example, arguments[0] is the first passed parameter, arguments[1] is the second passed parameter, and so on. As an object, Arguments stores the callee property, which can be used to identify or invoke the current function.

See Also

“The arguments Object” in Chapter 9

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