FLASH® LITE™ 2.x - Adobe Help and Support

i = 0, j = 0
// i = 1, j = 2
The following example uses the comma (,) operator without the parentheses () operator and
illustrates that the comma operator returns only the value of the first expression without the
parentheses () operator:
var v:Number = 0;
v = 4, 5, 6;
trace(v); // output: 4
The following example uses the comma (,) operator with the parentheses () operator and
illustrates that the comma operator returns the value of the last expression when used with the
parentheses () operator:
var v:Number = 0;
v = (4, 5, 6);
trace(v); // output: 6
The following example uses the comma (,) operator without the parentheses () operator and
illustrates that the comma operator sequentially evaluates all of the expressions but returns the
value of the first expression. The second expression, z++, is evaluated and z is incremented by
one.
var v:Number = 0;
var z:Number = 0;
v = v + 4 , z++, v + 6;
trace(v); // output: 4
trace(z); // output: 1
The following example is identical to the previous example except for the addition of the
parentheses () operator and illustrates once again that, when used with the parentheses ()
operator, the comma (,) operator returns the value of the last expression in the series:
var v:Number = 0;
var z:Number = 0;
v = (v + 4, z++, v + 6);
trace(v); // output: 6
trace(z); // output: 1
See also
() parentheses operator
add concatenation (strings) operator
string1 add string2
Deprecated since Flash Player 5. Adobe recommends you use the addition (+) operator when
creating content for Flash Player 5 or later.
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