MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-LEARNING ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 IN FLASH Manual page 223

You use the
sortOn()
. The array is populated by three objects that contain a first name and age, and
userArr
then the array is sorted based on the value of each object's
you loop over each item in the array and display the first name in the Output panel and
sort the names alphabetically by first letter.
3. Select Control > Test Movie to test the SWF file.
This code displays the following in the Output panel:
Dan
George
Socks
As demonstrated in "Writing named functions" on page
code on Frame 1 of the Timeline, your ActionScript code defines a function called
.
eatCabbage()
function eatCabbage() {
trace("tastes bad");
}
eatCabbage();
However, if you write the
in the FLA file, then
eatCabbage()
The next examples show you how to create methods within a class.
To compare methods and functions:
1.
Create a new ActionScript file, select File > Save As, and save it as EatingHabits.as.
2.
Type the following ActionScript code in the Script window:
class EatingHabits {
public function eatCabbage():Void {
trace("tastes bad");
}
}
3.
Save your changes to EatingHabits.as.
4.
Create a new Flash document, select File > Save As, name it methodTest.fla, and save this
file in the same directory as EatingHabits.as.
5.
Type the following ActionScript code onto Frame 1 of the Timeline:
var myHabits:EatingHabits = new EatingHabits();
myHabits.eatCabbage();
method of the Array class to create a new Array object named
function within a class file and, for example, call
eatCabbage()
eatCabbage()
firstname
207, when you write the following
is considered to be a method.
Understanding methods
property. Finally,
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