Using The Eval() Function - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-LEARNING FLASH LITE 1.X ACTIONSCRIPT Manual

Using the eval() function

The function lets you dynamically reference variables and movie clip instances at
eval()
runtime. The
eval()
value of the variable represented by that expression or a reference to a movie clip.
For example, the following code evaluates the value of the
assigns the result to
nameValue
name = "Jack";
nameValue = eval("name");
// result: nameValue = "Jack"
The function is often used with
eval()
operator to create string-based arrays, because Flash Lite doesn't support native array data
structures. For more information, see
You can also use
eval()
had three movie clips named
the x position of each clip by 10 pixels:
for(index = 1; index <= 3; index++) {
eval("clip" add index)._x += 10
}
function takes a string expression as a parameter and returns either the
:
for()
"Emulating arrays" on page
to reference movie clip instances by name. For example, suppose you
, , and
clip1 clip2
ActionScript variable and
name
loops and the (string concatenation)
add
11.
. The following
clip3

Using the eval() function

loop increments
for()
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