User Guide

990 ActionScript classes

valueOf (Number.valueOf method)

public valueOf() : Number

Returns the primitive value type of the specified Number object.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5

Returns

Number - A string.

Example

The following example results in the primative value of the

numSocks object.

var numSocks = new Number(2);

trace(numSocks.valueOf()); // output: 2

Object

public class Object

The Object class is at the root of the ActionScript class hierarchy. This class contains a small

subset of the features provided by the JavaScript Object class.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5 - (became a native object in Flash Player 6,

which improved performance significantly).

Property summary

Modifiers Property Description

constructor:Object Reference to the constructor function for a given

object instance.

__proto__:Object Refers to the prototype property of the class

(ActionScript 2.0) or constructor function

(ActionScript 1.0) used to create the object.

static prototype:Object A reference to the superclass of a class or function

object.

__resolve:Object A reference to a user-defined function that is invoked

if ActionScript code refers to an undefined property or

method.