Name

Object.valueOf( ) Method — the primitive value of the object

Availability

Flash 5

Synopsis

someObject.valueOf( )

Returns

The internally defined primitive value of someObject, if a primitive value is associated with someObject. If no primitive value is associated with someObject, then someObject itself is returned.

Description

The valueOf( ) method returns the primitive datum associated with an object, if such an association exists. This method is mostly commonly used with objects of the Number, String, and Boolean classes, which all have associated primitive data. The MovieClip.valueOf( ) method returns a string representing the path to the clip.

Note that it’s rarely necessary to invoke valueOf( ) explicitly; it is automatically invoked by the interpreter whenever someObject is used where a primitive is expected.

See Also

Boolean.valueOf( ), MovieClip.valueOf( ), Number.valueOf( ), Object.toString( ), String.valueOf( )

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