User Guide

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Availability

Flash Player 5.

Usage

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Description

Constant; a unique Boolean value that represents the opposite of false. When automatic data

typing converts

true to a number, it becomes 1; when it converts true to a string, it becomes

"true".

Example

The following example shows the use of true in an if statement:

var shouldExecute:Boolean;

/* ...

code that sets shouldExecute to either true or false goes here

shouldExecute is set to true for this example

shouldExecute = true;

if (shouldExecute == true) {

trace("your statements here");

}

true is also implied, so the if statement could also be written:

if (shouldExecute) {

trace("your statements here");

}

The following example shows how automatic data typing converts true to the number 1:

var myNum:Number;

myNum = 1 + true;

trace(myNum); // output: 2