User Guide

744 ActionScript classes
Properties inherited from class Object
Method summary
constructor (Object.constructor property), __proto__ (Object.__proto__
property), prototype (Object.prototype property), __resolve
(Object.__resolve property)
Modifiers Signature Description
static abs(x:Number) :
Number
Computes and returns an absolute value for the
number specified by the parameter x.
static acos(x:Number) :
Number
Computes and returns the arc cosine of the number
specified in the parameter x, in radians.
static asin(x:Number) :
Number
Computes and returns the arc sine for the number
specified in the parameter x, in radians.
static atan(tangent:Number)
: Number
Computes and returns the value, in radians, of the
angle whose tangent is specified in the parameter
tangent.
static atan2(y:Number,
x:Number) : Number
Computes and returns the angle of the point y/x in
radians, when measured counterclockwise from a
circle's x axis (where 0,0 represents the center of the
circle).
static ceil(x:Number) :
Number
Returns the ceiling of the specified number or
expression.
static cos(x:Number) :
Number
Computes and returns the cosine of the specified
angle in radians.
static exp(x:Number) :
Number
Returns the value of the base of the natural logarithm
(e), to the power of the exponent specified in the
parameter x.
static floor(x:Number) :
Number
Returns the floor of the number or expression
specified in the parameter x.
static log(x:Number) :
Number
Returns the natural logarithm of parameter x.
static max(x:Number,
y:Number) : Number
Evaluates x and y and returns the larger value.
static min(x:Number,
y:Number) : Number
Evaluates x and y and returns the smaller value.
static pow(x:Number,
y:Number) : Number
Computes and returns x to the power of y.