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= (assignment)

assignment, =

Availability

Flash Player 4.

Flash 4 file:

    x = y

Converted Flash 5 file:

    Number(x) == Number(y)

Usage

    expression1 = expression2

Parameters

`expression1` A variable, element of an array, or property of an object.

`expression2` A value of any type.

Returns

Nothing.

Description

Operator; assigns the type of `expression2` (the parameter on the right) to the variable, array element, or property in `expression1`.

In Flash 5, `=` is an assignment operator and the`==` operator is used to evaluate equality. In Flash 4, `=` is a numeric equality operator. Flash 4 files brought into the Flash 5 authoring environment undergo a conversion process to maintain data type integrity.

Example

The following example uses the assignment operator to assign the Number data type to the variable `x`.

    x = 5

The following example uses the assignment operator to assign the String data type to the variable `x`.

    x = "hello"

See also

`== (equality)`