User Guide

156 Chapter 5: ActionScript Core Language Elements

false

Availability

Flash Player 5.

Usage

false

Description

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

typing converts

false to a number, it becomes 0; when it converts false to a string, it becomes

"false". For more information, see “Automatic data typing” on page 24.

Example

This example shows how automatic data typing converts false to a number and to a string:

var bool1:Boolean = Boolean(false);

// converts it to the number 0

trace(1 + bool1); // outputs 1

// converts it to a string

trace("String: " + bool1); // outputs String: false