Posted by Bart Claessens
on February 15, 2009
ActionScript 3,
Flash,
Flex,
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Some of you will probably know the ‘as’-keyword. If not, a short explanation:
The ‘as’-keyword is used to cast an object to another one. (Well it’s not exactly ‘casting’, if someone feels like explaining the difference between casting with the ‘as’-keyword or by using the class constructor, please go ahead in the comment below!).
To make it more concrete, here is an example: Continue reading…
Tags: 'as'-keyword, as3, casting
Posted by Bart Claessens
on November 21, 2008
QuickTips /
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Did you know that casting a String to a Number using the ‘as’ operator returns 0 instead of the correct number? Use the Number() constructor to cast it correctly. The same applies for ‘int’ and ‘uint’.
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Tags: casting, int, not correct, Number, uint, zero
