Availability
Flash Player 4.

Usage

 Number(  expression  ) 

Parameters
expression An expression to convert to a number.

Returns
Nothing.

Description
Function; converts the parameter expression to a number and returns a value as follows:

If expression is a number, the return value is expression .

If expression is a Boolean value, the return value is 1 if expression is true , 0 if expression is false .

If expression is a string, the function attempts to parse expression as a decimal number with an optional trailing exponent, that is, 1.57505e-3.

If expressionx is undefined , the return value is 0.

This function is used to convert Flash 4 files containing deprecated operators that are imported into the Flash 5 authoring environment. See the & operator for more information.

See also
Number (object)