User Guide

166 ActionScript language elements

The result, 6, is an integer. Usage 2: This statement multiplies the floating-point numbers 2.0

and 3.1416:

trace(2.0 * 3.1416); // output: 6.2832

The result, 6.2832, is a floating-point number.

*= multiplication assignment operator

expression1 *= expression2

Assigns expression1 the value of expression1 * expression2. For example, the

following two expressions are equivalent:

x *= y x = x * y

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 1.0

Operands

expression1 : Number - A number or expression that evaluates to a number.

expression2 : Number - A number or expression that evaluates to a number.

Returns

Number - The value of expression1 * expression2 . If an expression cannot be converted

to a numeric value, it returns

NaN (not a number).

Example

Usage 1: The following example assigns the value 50 to the variable

var x:Number = 5;

var y:Number = 10;

trace(x *= y); // output: 50

Usage 2: The second and third lines of the following example calculate the expressions on the

right side of the equal sign and assign the results to

x and y:

var i:Number = 5;

var x:Number = 4 - 6;

var y:Number = i + 2;

trace(x *= y); // output: -14