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Variables can hold any data type (for example, String, Number, Boolean, Object, or
MovieClip). The Timeline of each SWF file and movie clip has its own set of variables, and
each variable has its own value independent of variables on other Timelines.
Strict data typing is not supported inside a
variable to a value whose data type is different from the data type associated with the variable
in a class file, no compiler error is generated.
A subtle but important distinction to bear in mind is that the parameter
string, not a variable name. If you pass an existing variable name as the first parameter to
without enclosing the name in quotation marks (""), the variable is evaluated before
set()
the value of
expression
and assign it the value "Tuesday," and then forget to use quotation marks, you
myVariable
will inadvertently create a new variable named
to assign to
myVariable
var myVariable:String = "Tuesday";
set (myVariable, "Saturday");
trace(myVariable); // outputs Tuesday
trace(Tuesday); // outputs Saturday
You can avoid this situation by using quotation marks (""):
set ("myVariable", "Saturday");
trace(myVariable); //outputs Saturday
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0
Parameters
variableString:String
parameter.
expression
Example
In the following example, you assign a value to a variable. You are assigning the value of
to the
"Jakob" name
set("name", "Jakob");
trace(name);
The following code loops three times and creates three new variables, called
, and
caption1 caption2
for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
set("caption" + i, "this is caption " + i);
}
trace(caption0);
trace(caption1);
trace(caption2);
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is assigned to it. For example, if you create a string variable named
:
- A string that names a variable to hold the value of the
variable.
:
statement. If you use this statement to set a
set
that contains the value you intended
Tuesday
is a
variableString
,
caption0