11. Manipulating Information

The information that you store in variables, modify with expressions, and test in conditional statements often needs to be processed and manipulated by mathematical functions such as square roots, sines, cosines, and exponents. Flash can perform these calculations with the Math class, which lets you create formulas for complicated interactions between the objects in your movie and your viewer or for sophisticated physics in your motion. ...

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