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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