String(); Substring() - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-FLASH LITE 1.X ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE Reference

String()

Availability
Flash Lite 1.0.
Usage
String(expression)
Operands
An expression to convert to a string.
expression
Description
Function; returns a string representation of the specified parameter as described in the
following list:
If is a number, the return string is a text representation of the number.
expression
If is a string, the return string is
expression
If is a Boolean value, the return string is
expression
If is a movie clip, the return value is the target path of the movie clip in slash
expression
(/) notation.
Example
The following example sets
function, and then compares it to the string "1976" by using the
birthYearNum = 1976;
birthYearStr = String(birthYearNum);
if (birthYearStr eq "1976") {
trace ("birthYears match");
}

substring()

Availability
Flash Lite 1.0.
Usage
substring(string, index, count)
to 1976, converts it to a string using the
birthYearNum
.
expression
or
true false
operator.
eq
.
String()
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