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Example
This statement retrieves and displays in the Message window all the tabs for the text cast member
Intro credits:
put member("Intro credits").tabs
-- [[#type: #left, #position: 36], [#type: #Decimal, #position: 141], \
[#type: #right, #position: 216]]
tan()
Syntax
tan(angle)
Description
Math function; yields the tangent of the specified angle expressed in radians as a floating-point
number.
Example
The following function yields the tangent of pi/4:
tan (PI/4.0) = 1
The π symbol cannot be used in a Lingo expression.
See also
PI
target
Syntax
timeoutObject.target
Description
Timeout object property; indicates the child object that the given timeoutObject will send its
timeout events to. Timeout objects whose target property is
VOID will send their events to a
handler in a movie script.
This property is useful for debugging behaviors and parent scripts that use timeout objects.
Example
This statement displays the name of the child object that will receive timeout events from the
timeout object
timerOne in the Message window:
put timeout(“timerOne”).target
See also
name (timeout property), timeout(), timeoutHandler, timeoutList