Flash Player 4.
Number(
expression
)
expression
An expression to convert to a number.
Nothing.
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.