User Guide

Operators 187

trace(s1 === s2); // true

trace(s1 === s3); // false

trace(s1 === n); // false

trace(s1 === b); // false

trace(s1 !== s2); // false

trace(s1 !== s3); // true

trace(s1 !== n); // true

trace(s1 !== b); // true

See also

! logical NOT operator, != inequality operator, && logical AND operator, ||

logical OR operator

, == equality operator, === strict equality operator

" string delimiter operator

"text"

When used before and after characters, quotation marks (") indicate that the characters have a

literal value and are considered a string, not a variable, numerical value, or other ActionScript

element.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 4

Operands

text : String - A sequence of zero or more characters.

Example

The following example uses quotation marks (") to indicate that the value of the variable

yourGuess is the literal string

"Prince Edward Island" and not the name of a variable. The

value of

province is a variable, not a literal; to determine the value of province, the value of

yourGuess must be located.

var yourGuess:String = "Prince Edward Island";

submit_btn.onRelease = function() { trace(yourGuess); };

// displays Prince Edward Island