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Global Functions 65
Returns
Number - The converted character.
See also
charCodeAt (String.charCodeAt method)
mbsubstring function
mbsubstring(value, index, count) : String
Deprecated since Flash Player 5. This function was deprecated in favor of String.substr()
method.
Extracts a new multibyte character string from a multibyte character string.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 1.0
Parameters
value:String - The multibyte string from which to extract a new multibyte string.
index:Number - The number of the first character to extract.
count:Number - The number of characters to include in the extracted string, not including
the index character.
Returns
String - The string extracted from the multibyte character string.
See also
substr (String.substr method)