MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 LANGUAGE, Reference

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function
Comprises a set of statements that you define to perform a certain
task.
get
Permits implicit
getting
of properties associated with objects based
on classes you have defined in external class files.
if
Evaluates a condition to determine the next action in a SWF file.
implements
Specifies that a class must define all the methods declared in the
interface (or interfaces) being implemented.
import
Lets you access classes without specifying their fully qualified names.
interface
Defines an interface.
intrinsic
Allows compile-time type checking of previously defined classes.
private
Specifies that a variable or function is available only to the class that
declares or defines it or to subclasses of that class.
public
Specifies that a variable or function is available to any caller.
return
Specifies the value returned by a function.
set
Permits implicit setting of properties associated with objects based
on classes you have defined in external class files.
set variable
Assigns a value to a variable.
static
Specifies that a variable or function is created only once per class
rather than being created in every object based on that class.
super
Invokes the superclass' version of a method or constructor.
switch
Creates a branching structure for ActionScript statements.
throw
Generates, or
throws
, an error that can be handled, or
caught
, by a
catch{}
code block.
try..catch..finally
Enclose a block of code in which an error can occur, and then
respond to the error.
var
Used to declare local or Timeline variables.
while
Evaluates a condition and if the condition evaluates to
true
, runs a
statement or series of statements before looping back to evaluate the
condition again.
with
Lets you specify an object (such as a movie clip) with the
object
parameter and evaluate expressions and actions inside that object
with the
statement(s)
parameter.
Statement Description