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86 Chapter 5: ActionScript Core Language Elements

true

foo

false

The following example illustrates comparison by reference with two arrays:

var a:Array = [ 1, 2, 3 ];

var b:Array = [ 1, 2, 3 ];

trace(a); // 1, 2, 3

trace(b); // 1, 2, 3

trace(a!=b); // true

a = b;

trace(a); // 1, 2, 3

trace(b); // 1, 2, 3

trace(a!=b); // false

// trace statement output:

1,2,3

true

1,2,3

false