User Guide

34 ActionScript language elements
int(value:Number) : Number Deprecated since Flash Player 5.
This function was deprecated in
favor of Math.round().
Converts a decimal number to an
integer value by truncating the
decimal value.
isFinite(expression:Object) : Boolean Evaluates expression and returns
true if it is a finite number or false
if it is infinity or negative infinity.
isNaN(expression:Object) : Boolean Evaluates the parameter and returns
true if the value is NaN (not a
number).
length(expression:String,
variable:Object) : Number
Deprecated since Flash Player 5.
This function, along with all the
string functions, has been
deprecated. Macromedia
recommends that you use the
methods of the String class and the
String.length property to perform
the same operations.
Returns the length of the specified
string or variable.
loadMovie(url:String, target:Object,
[method:String])
Loads a SWF or JPEG file into
Flash Player while the original SWF
file plays.
loadMovieNum(url:String,
level:Number, [method:String])
Loads a SWF or JPEG file into a
level in Flash Player while the
originally loaded SWF file plays.
loadVariables(url:String,
target:Object, [method:String])
Reads data from an external file,
such as a text file or text generated
by ColdFusion, a CGI script, Active
Server Pages (ASP), PHP, or Perl
script, and sets the values for
variables in a target movie clip.
loadVariablesNum(url:String,
level:Number, [method:String])
Reads data from an external file,
such as a text file or text generated
by a ColdFusion, CGI script, ASP,
PHP, or Perl script, and sets the
values for variables in a Flash Player
level.
Modifiers Signature Description