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Note: If you have several movie clips, the output consists of the instance names of those clips.
The following example enumerates the children of a movie clip and sends each to Frame 2 in
their respective Timelines. The RadioButtonGroup movie clip is a parent with several
children, _RedRadioButton_, _GreenRadioButton_, and _BlueRadioButton_.
for (var name in RadioButtonGroup) { RadioButtonGroup[name].gotoAndStop(2);
}
function statement
Usage 1: (Declares a named function.)function functionname([parameter0,
parameter1,...parameterN]){statement(s)}Usage 2: (Declares an anonymous function
and returns a reference to it.)function ([parameter0, parameter1,...parameterN]){
statement(s) }
Comprises a set of statements that you define to perform a certain task. You can define a
function in one location and invoke, or call, it from different scripts in a SWF file. When
you define a function, you can also specify parameters for the function. Parameters are
placeholders for values on which the function operates. You can pass different parameters to a
function each time you call it so you can reuse a function in different situations.
Use the return statement in a function's statement(s) to cause a function to generate, or
return, a value.
You can use this statement to define a function with the specified functionname,
parameters, and statement(s). When a script calls a function, the statements in the
function's definition are executed. Forward referencing is permitted; within the same script, a
function may be declared after it is called. A function definition replaces any prior definition
of the same function. You can use this syntax wherever a statement is permitted.
You can also use this statement to create an anonymous function and return a reference to it.
This syntax is used in expressions and is particularly useful for installing methods in objects.
For additional functionality, you can use the arguments object in your function definition.
Some common uses of the arguments object are creating a function that accepts a variable
number of parameters and creating a recursive anonymous function.
Returns
String - Usage 1: The declaration form does not return anything. Usage 2: A reference to the
anonymous function.
Parameters
functionname:String - The name of the declared function.
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