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String (function)

string, string function

Availability

Flash Player 4.

Usage

String(expression)

Parameters

expression An expression to convert to a string.

Returns

A string.

Description

Function; returns a string representation of the specified parameter as follows:

If expression is a Boolean value, the return string is true or false.

If expression is a number, the return string is a text representation of the number.

If expression is a string, the return string is expression.

If expression is an object, the return value is a string representation of the object generated by calling the string property for the object, or by calling Object.toString if no such property exists.

If expression is a movie clip, the return value is the target path of the movie clip in slash (/) notation.

If expression is undefined, the return value is an empty string("").

See also

Number.toString, Object.toString, String (object), " " (string delimiter)