ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference - Adobe Help and Support

Methods inherited from class Object
addProperty (Object.addProperty method), hasOwnProperty
(Object.hasOwnProperty method), isPropertyEnumerable
(Object.isPropertyEnumerable method), isPrototypeOf (Object.isPrototypeOf
method), registerClass (Object.registerClass method), toString
(Object.toString method), unwatch (Object.unwatch method), valueOf
(Object.valueOf method), watch (Object.watch method)
a (Matrix.a property)
public a : Number
The value in the first row and first column of the Matrix object, which affects the positioning
of pixels along the x axis when scaling or rotating an image.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 8
Example
The following example creates the Matrix object myMatrix and sets its a value.
import flash.geom.Matrix;
var myMatrix:Matrix = new Matrix();
trace(myMatrix.a); // 1
myMatrix.a = 2;
trace(myMatrix.a); // 2
b (Matrix.b property)
public b : Number
The value in the first row and second column of the Matrix object, which affects the
positioning of pixels along the y axis when rotating or skewing an image.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 8
Example
The following example creates the Matrix object myMatrix and sets its b value.
import flash.geom.Matrix;
var myMatrix:Matrix = new Matrix();
trace(myMatrix.b); // 0
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