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Actionscript:
[SWF(height = 950, width=1000)]
var txt:TextField;
var num:int = 0;
for (var i:int = 0; i<761; i++){
if (i % 76 == 0){
makeTxt(num);
num++;
}
if (i <0x21){
txt.appendText("-\n");
}else{
txt.appendText(String.fromCharCode(i) + " = " + i + [...]
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Actionscript:
var letterA:String = "a";
var letterZ:String = "z";
trace(letterA.localeCompare(letterZ));
trace(letterZ.localeCompare(letterA));
/*
outputs
-25
25
*/
String.localeCompare() calculates the sorting order between two Strings....
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Actionscript:
function randomize(a:*, b:*):int{
return Math.round(Math.random()*8) - 4;
}
var i:int;
var fruits:Array;
trace("Math.random()");
for (i = 0; i<4; i++){
// reset fruits array:
fruits = ["apple", "grape","pear","cherry"];
fruits.sort(randomize);
trace(fruits);
}
// seeds
var s1:Number= 0xFF00FF;
var s2:Number = 0xCCCCCC;
var s3:Number= 0xFF00F0;
function tRandomize(a:*, b:*):int{
return Math.round(rand()*8) - 4;
}
trace("\nTausworthe rand()");
for (i= 0; i<4; i++){
fruits = ["apple", "grape","pear","cherry"];
fruits.sort(tRandomize);
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Actionscript:
var words:String = "one two three four five";
trace("two: ", words.indexOf("two"));
var letters:String = "abcd";
trace("d: ",letters.indexOf("d"));
trace("z: ",letters.indexOf("z"));
/*
outputs:
two: 4
d: 3
z: -1
*/
indexOf() searches a string for another string and returns an index... in line 3 above, I search the words string for the smaller string "two" and indexOf() gives me the index of the letter "t". [...]