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Working with ActionScript Methods and Functions

Now that you know all about creating variables in ActionScript, you probably want to start actually doing something with them. This is where methods and function come in ActionScript. function are reusable block of code that can be defined in your own classes and are frequently used throughout the ActionScript 3.0 API. Flash Teacher & web Teacher

If there’s one thing to remember BOUT ActionScript it’s that every variable and part of a class an object. Functions are no exception. While it might be strange to imagine, function are instance of the function class and contain their own methods and properties. In this chapter, we talk about how function can be used as objects.

Function allows you to organize code into independent pieces of functionality. They can be used to return various results based on input you provide. Perhaps most important, function can encapsulate behaviors and functionality within a class and provide a public interface to that functionality. This chapter covers ways to use functions and create your own from scratch.