Re: FLASH: how to use string.fromCharCode()

[Helen Triolo]

It's a weird one.  After trying a zillion things and getting no results,

it occurred to me to try normal mode and, voila! got it in the right

format and got some output.  But it seems only to work as a method on

the String object itself (not as a method used on an object of type

string).  The following creates variable x with value "pencil":


x = String.fromCharCode(112,101,110,99,105,108);

trace("x: " + x);


(of course, so does x="pencil", but if you want to create a string from

a bunch of ascii values, including non-printable characters like cr and

lf, then it looks like fromCharCode is the new replacement for chr).

 

Regards,

Helen 

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Andrew Shirk wrote:

> 

> can someone please give me an example of how to actually use

> string.fromCharCode() ?  it doesn't seem to work as the manuals claim. is

> this a bug? although mbchr() is very intuitive, it's deprecated.

> 

> thanks in advance..

> 

> andrew


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