Function Class - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004 - ACTIONSCRIPT Reference Manual

Usage 2: The following function defines a Circle object:
function Circle(radius) {
this.radius = radius;
}
The following statement defines an anonymous function that calculates the area of a circle and
attaches it to the object
Circle.prototype.area = function () {return Math.PI * this.radius *
this.radius}

Function class

Availability
Flash Player 6.
Method summary for the Function class
Method
Function.apply()
Function.call()
Property summary for the Function class
Property
Function.prototype
Function.apply()
Availability
Flash Player 6.
Usage
myFunction.apply(thisObject, argumentsObject)
Parameters
The object that
thisObject
argumentsObject
Returns
Any value that the called function specifies.
Description
Method; specifies the value of
method also specifies the parameters to be passed to any called function. Because
method of the Function class, it is also a method of every function object in ActionScript.
The parameters are specified as an Array object. This is often useful when the number of
parameters to be passed is not known until the script actually executes.
as a method:
Circle
Description
Enables ActionScript code to call a function.
Invokes the function represented by a Function object.
Description
Refers to an object that is the prototype for a class.
myFunction
An array whose elements are passed to
to be used within any function that ActionScript calls. This
this
is applied to.
myFunction
as parameters.
is a
apply()
Function.apply() 389