Name
String( ) Global Function — convert a value to the String datatype
Availability
Flash 5
Synopsis
String(value)
Arguments
- value
An expression containing the value to be converted to a string.
Returns
The result of converting value to a
primitive string.
Description
The String( ) function converts its argument to
a primitive string value and returns that converted value. The
results of converting various types of data to a primitive string are
described in Table 3.2. It’s normally not
necessary to use the String( ) function;
ActionScript automatically converts values to the
string type when appropriate.
Be sure not to confuse the global String( )
function with the String class constructor. The
former converts an expression to a string, whereas the later is a
class that wraps primitive string data in an object so that
properties and methods may be applied to it.
Usage
Note that the String( ) function sometimes
appears in Flash 4 .fla files that have been
converted to the Flash 5 format. For information on how datatypes are
handled when Flash 4 files are converted to Flash 5, see Section 3.4.4 in Chapter 3.
See Also
The String class; Section 3.4.2 in Chapter 3
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