flash.geom.Point - Adobe® Flex® 4 Language Reference (Flex 4)

Package	flash.geom
Class	public class Point
Inheritance	Point Object

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions:

AIR 1.0 Flash Player 9, Flash Lite 4

The Point object represents a location in a two-dimensional coordinate system, where x represents the horizontal axis and y represents the vertical axis.

The following code creates a point at (0,0):

var myPoint:Point = new Point();

Methods and properties of the following classes use Point objects:

BitmapData
DisplayObject
DisplayObjectContainer
DisplacementMapFilter
NativeWindow
Matrix
Rectangle

You can use the new Point() constructor to create a Point object.

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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
		length : Number [read-only] The length of the line segment from (0,0) to this point.	Point
		prototype : Object [static] A reference to the prototype object of a class or function object.	Object
		x : Number The horizontal coordinate of the point.	Point
		y : Number The vertical coordinate of the point.	Point

Public Methods

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	Method		Defined By
		Point(x:Number = 0, y:Number = 0) Creates a new point.	Point
		add(v:Point):Point Adds the coordinates of another point to the coordinates of this point to create a new point.	Point
		clone():Point Creates a copy of this Point object.	Point
		distance(pt1:Point, pt2:Point):Number [static] Returns the distance between pt1 and pt2.	Point
		equals(toCompare:Point):Boolean Determines whether two points are equal.	Point
		hasOwnProperty(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined.	Object
		interpolate(pt1:Point, pt2:Point, f:Number):Point [static] Determines a point between two specified points.	Point
		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
		normalize(thickness:Number):void Scales the line segment between (0,0) and the current point to a set length.	Point
		offset(dx:Number, dy:Number):void Offsets the Point object by the specified amount.	Point
		polar(len:Number, angle:Number):Point [static] Converts a pair of polar coordinates to a Cartesian point coordinate.	Point
		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
		subtract(v:Point):Point Subtracts the coordinates of another point from the coordinates of this point to create a new point.	Point
		toLocaleString():String Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions.	Object
		toString():String Returns a string that contains the values of the x and y coordinates.	Point
		valueOf():Object Returns the primitive value of the specified object.	Object

Property Detail

length

property

length:Number [read-only]

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions:

AIR 1.0 Flash Player 9, Flash Lite 4

The length of the line segment from (0,0) to this point.

Implementation
public function get length():Number

See also

Point.polar()

x

property

public var x:Number

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions:

AIR 1.0 Flash Player 9, Flash Lite 4

The horizontal coordinate of the point. The default value is 0.

y

property

public var y:Number

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions:

AIR 1.0 Flash Player 9, Flash Lite 4

The vertical coordinate of the point. The default value is 0.

Constructor Detail

Point

()

Constructor

public function Point(x:Number = 0, y:Number = 0)

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions:

AIR 1.0 Flash Player 9, Flash Lite 4

Creates a new point. If you pass no parameters to this method, a point is created at (0,0).

Parameters

	`x:Number` (default = `0`) — The horizontal coordinate.

	`y:Number` (default = `0`) — The vertical coordinate.

Method Detail

add

()

method

public function add(v:Point):Point

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions:

AIR 1.0 Flash Player 9, Flash Lite 4

Adds the coordinates of another point to the coordinates of this point to create a new point.

Parameters

v:Point — The point to be added.

Returns

Point — The new point.

clone

()

method

public function clone():Point

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions:

AIR 1.0 Flash Player 9, Flash Lite 4

Creates a copy of this Point object.

Returns

Point — The new Point object.

distance

()

method

public static function distance(pt1:Point, pt2:Point):Number

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions:

AIR 1.0 Flash Player 9, Flash Lite 4

Returns the distance between pt1 and pt2.

Parameters

	`pt1:Point` — The first point.

	`pt2:Point` — The second point.

Returns

Number — The distance between the first and second points.

equals

()

method

public function equals(toCompare:Point):Boolean

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions:

AIR 1.0 Flash Player 9, Flash Lite 4

Determines whether two points are equal. Two points are equal if they have the same x and y values.

Parameters

toCompare:Point — The point to be compared.

Returns

Boolean — A value of true if the object is equal to this Point object; false if it is not equal.

interpolate

()

method

public static function interpolate(pt1:Point, pt2:Point, f:Number):Point

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions:

AIR 1.0 Flash Player 9, Flash Lite 4

Determines a point between two specified points. The parameter f determines where the new interpolated point is located relative to the two end points specified by parameters pt1 and pt2. The closer the value of the parameter f is to 1.0, the closer the interpolated point is to the first point (parameter pt1). The closer the value of the parameter f is to 0, the closer the interpolated point is to the second point (parameter pt2).

Parameters

	`pt1:Point` — The first point.

	`pt2:Point` — The second point.

	`f:Number` — The level of interpolation between the two points. Indicates where the new point will be, along the line between `pt1` and `pt2`. If `f`=1, `pt1` is returned; if `f`=0, `pt2` is returned.

Returns

Point — The new, interpolated point.

normalize

()

method

public function normalize(thickness:Number):void

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions:

AIR 1.0 Flash Player 9, Flash Lite 4

Scales the line segment between (0,0) and the current point to a set length.

Parameters

thickness:Number — The scaling value. For example, if the current point is (0,5), and you normalize it to 1, the point returned is at (0,1).

See also

length

offset

()

method

public function offset(dx:Number, dy:Number):void

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions:

AIR 1.0 Flash Player 9, Flash Lite 4

Offsets the Point object by the specified amount. The value of dx is added to the original value of x to create the new x value. The value of dy is added to the original value of y to create the new y value.

Parameters

	`dx:Number` — The amount by which to offset the horizontal coordinate, x.

	`dy:Number` — The amount by which to offset the vertical coordinate, y.

polar

()

method

public static function polar(len:Number, angle:Number):Point

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions:

AIR 1.0 Flash Player 9, Flash Lite 4

Converts a pair of polar coordinates to a Cartesian point coordinate.

Parameters

	`len:Number` — The length coordinate of the polar pair.

	`angle:Number` — The angle, in radians, of the polar pair.

Returns

Point — The Cartesian point.

See also

length
Math.round()

subtract

()

method

public function subtract(v:Point):Point

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions:

AIR 1.0 Flash Player 9, Flash Lite 4

Subtracts the coordinates of another point from the coordinates of this point to create a new point.

Parameters

v:Point — The point to be subtracted.

Returns

Point — The new point.

toString

()

method

public function toString():String

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions:

AIR 1.0 Flash Player 9, Flash Lite 4

Returns a string that contains the values of the x and y coordinates. The string has the form "(x=x, y=y)", so calling the toString() method for a point at 23,17 would return "(x=23, y=17)".

Returns

String — The string representation of the coordinates.

Examples How to use this example

PointExample.as

The following example uses the PointExample class to create a number of new Point objects at various x,y coordinates and then uses the trace() method to output the results of various class methods.

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.geom.Point;

    public class PointExample extends Sprite {

        public function PointExample() {
        var point1:Point = new Point();
        trace(point1);  // (x=0, y=0)
        
        var point2:Point = new Point(6, 8);
        trace(point2); // (x=6, y=8)
        
        trace(Point.interpolate(point1, point2, 0.5)); // (x=3, y=4)
        
        trace(Point.distance(point1, point2)); // 10
        
        trace(point1.add(point2)); // (x=6, y=8)
        
        var point3:Point = point2.clone();
        trace(point2.equals(point3)); // true
        
        point3.normalize(2.5);
        trace(point3); // (x=1.5, y=2)
        
        trace(point2.subtract(point3)); // (x=4.5, y=6)
        
        trace(point1.offset(2, 3)); // 
        
        var angle:Number = Math.PI * 2 * (30 / 360); // 30 degrees
        trace(Point.polar(4, angle)) // (x=3.464101615137755, y=1.9999999999999998)   
        }
    }
}