Boolean

Package	Top Level
Class	public final class Boolean
Inheritance	Boolean Object

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions:

AIR 1.0 Flash Player 9, Flash Lite 4

A Boolean object is a data type that can have one of two values, either true or false, used for logical operations. Use the Boolean class to retrieve the primitive data type or string representation of a Boolean object.

To create a Boolean object, you can use the constructor or the global function, or assign a literal value. It doesn't matter which technique you use; in ActionScript 3.0, all three techniques are equivalent. (This is different from JavaScript, where a Boolean object is distinct from the Boolean primitive type.)

The following lines of code are equivalent:

var flag:Boolean = true;
var flag:Boolean = new Boolean(true);
var flag:Boolean = Boolean(true);

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Public Properties

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	Property		Defined By
		constructor : Object A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance.	Object
		prototype : Object [static] A reference to the prototype object of a class or function object.	Object

Public Methods

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	Method		Defined By
		Boolean(expression:Object = false) Creates a Boolean object with the specified value.	Boolean
		hasOwnProperty(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined.	Object
		isPrototypeOf(theClass:Object):Boolean Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified as the parameter.	Object
		propertyIsEnumerable(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable.	Object
		setPropertyIsEnumerable(name:String, isEnum:Boolean = true):void Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations.	Object
		toLocaleString():String Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions.	Object
		toString():String Returns the string representation ("true" or "false") of the Boolean object.	Boolean
		valueOf():Boolean Returns true if the value of the specified Boolean object is true; false otherwise.	Boolean

Constructor Detail

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Constructor

public function Boolean(expression:Object = false)

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions:

AIR 1.0 Flash Player 9, Flash Lite 4

Creates a Boolean object with the specified value. If you omit the expression parameter, the Boolean object is initialized with a value of false. If you specify a value for the expression parameter, the method evaluates it and returns the result as a Boolean value according to the rules in the global Boolean() function.

Parameters

expression:Object (default = false) — Any expression.

toString

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method

AS3 function toString():String

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions:

AIR 1.0 Flash Player 9, Flash Lite 4

Returns the string representation ("true" or "false") of the Boolean object. The output is not localized, and is "true" or "false" regardless of the system language.

Returns

String — The string "true" or "false".

Example ( How to use this example )

This example creates a variable of type Boolean and then uses the toString() method to convert the value to a string for use in an array of strings:

     var myStringArray:Array = new Array("yes", "could be");
     var myBool:Boolean = 0;
     myBool.toString();
     myStringArray.push(myBool);
     trace(myStringArray); // yes,could be,false

valueOf

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method

AS3 function valueOf():Boolean

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions:

AIR 1.0 Flash Player 9, Flash Lite 4

Returns true if the value of the specified Boolean object is true; false otherwise.

Returns

Boolean — A Boolean value.

Example ( How to use this example )

The following example shows how this method works, and also shows that the value of a new Boolean object is false:

     var myBool:Boolean = new Boolean();
     trace(myBool.valueOf());   // false
     myBool = (6==3+3);
     trace(myBool.valueOf());   // true

Examples How to use this example

BooleanExample.as

The following example toggles and displays each corresponding value for the Boolean object:

 package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;

    public class BooleanExample extends Sprite {
        private var flag:Boolean;

        public function BooleanExample() {
            trace(flag);    // false
            toggle();
            trace(flag);    // true
            toggle();
            trace(flag);    // false
        }
        
        private function toggle():void{
            flag = !flag;
        }
    }
}