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Parameters

stringMarkerName

Required. A string that specifies the name of the marker label associated with

a frame.

Example

This statement sends the playhead to the tenth frame after the frame labeled Start:

-- Lingo syntax

_movie.go(_movie.label("Start") + 10)

// JavaScript syntax

_movie.go(_movie.label("Start") + 10);

See also

frameLabel, go(), labelList, Movie

last()

Usage

the last chunk of ( chunkExpression )

the last chunk in (chunkExpression)

Description

Function; identifies the last chunk in a chunk expression.

Chunk expressions refer to any character, word, item, or line in a container of character.

Supported containers are field cast members, variables that hold strings, and specified characters,

words, items, lines, and ranges within containers.

Parameters

chunkExpression

Required. Specifies the chunk expression that contains the last chunk.

Example

This statement identifies the last word of the string “Macromedia, the multimedia company” and

displays the result in the Message window:

put the last word of "Macromedia, the multimedia company"

The result is the word company.

This statement identifies the last character of the string “Macromedia, the multimedia company”

and displays the result in the Message window:

put last char("Macromedia, the multimedia company")

The result is the letter y.