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typeof

Availability

Flash Player 5.

Usage

typeof expression

Parameters

expression A string, movie clip, button, object, or function.

Description

Operator; a unary operator placed before a single parameter. The typeof operator causes the Flash interpreter to evaluate expression; the result is a string specifying whether the expression is a string, movie clip, object, or function. The following table shows the results of the typeof operator on each type of expression:

Parameter

Output

String

string

MovieClip

movieclip

Button

object

Text field

object

Number

number

Boolean

boolean

Object

object

Function

function