Flash MX 2004 Games : Art to ActionScript

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Table 19.2 Continued
ActionScript Comment
& String concatenation
add String concatenation
break Exit a ‘for’ or ‘while’ loop
call Jump to a function
switch case Conditional jumping
chr() ASCII to character
continue Move to next loop of a ‘for’
do - - while Looping
duplicateMovieClip Create new movie clip instance
if else Conditional coding
eq String equality
eval() Access variables via names
ge String greater than or equal to
getProperty() Not all properties see list that follows
getTimer() Time in milliseconds since movie started
getURL() Not fully supported. Only one call per action
gotoAndPlay() Moves playback head
gotoAndStop() Stops playback head
gt String greater than
if FrameLoaded() Used to test streaming of a movie
int() Converts decimal to nearest integer
le String less than
length() Returns the length of a string
lt String less than
mbchr() ASCII to multibyte character
mblength() Returns length a multibyte string
mbord() Character to multibyte code
mbsubstring() Extracts a multibyte character string from a multibyte string
ne String inequality
nextFrame() Moves playback head on a frame and stops
nextScene() Moves playback head on a scene and stops
on(...) Partially supported event handlers
ord() Character to ASCII
play() Starts playback
prevFrame() Moves playback head back a frame and stops
prevScene() Moves playback head back a scene and stops
random() Returns a random integer between 0 and the number passed
removeMovieClip() Deletes a clip created with duplicateMovieClip
set() Used to assign a value to a variable
setProperty Partially supported property assignment
stop() Stops playback
stopAllSounds() Stops all sounds playing
substring() Extracts a section of a string
tellTarget() Used to send ActionScript to a particular movie clip
toggleHighQuality() Turns anti-aliasing on or off
trace() Debug method