Tostring (Number.tostring Method); Valueof (Number.valueof Method) - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-FLASH LITE 2.X ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE Reference

toString (Number.toString method)

public toString(radix:Number) : String
Returns the string representation of the specified Number object (
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0
Parameters
- Specifies the numeric base (from 2 to 36) to use for the number-to-string
radix:Number
conversion. If you do not specify the
Returns
- A string.
String
Example
The following example uses 2 and 8 for the
contains the corresponding representation of the number 9:
var myNumber:Number = new Number(9);
trace(myNumber.toString(2)); // output: 1001
trace(myNumber.toString(8)); // output: 11
The following example results in a hexadecimal value.
var r:Number = new Number(250);
var g:Number = new Number(128);
var b:Number = new Number(114);
var rgb:String = "0x"+ r.toString(16)+g.toString(16)+b.toString(16);
trace(rgb);
// output: rgb:0xFA8072 (Hexadecimal equivalent of the color 'salmon')

valueOf (Number.valueOf method)

public valueOf() : Number
Returns the primitive value type of the specified Number object.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0
Returns
- A string.
Number
Example
The following example results in the primative value of the
var numSocks = new Number(2);
trace(numSocks.valueOf()); // output: 2
parameter, the default value is 10.
radix
parameter and returns a string that
radix
).
myNumber
object.
numSocks
Number 549