MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 LANGUAGE, Reference

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236 ActionScript language elements
Parameters
condition :Boolean
- An expression that evaluates to
true
or
false
.
Example
In the following example, the
while
statement is used to test an expression. When the value
of
i
is less than 20, the value of
i
is traced. When the condition is no longer
true
, the loop
exits.
var i:Number = 0;
while (i < 20) {
trace(i);
i += 3;
}
The following result is displayed in the Output panel.
0
3
6
9
12
15
18
See also
continue statement
with statement
with ( object:Object ) {
statement(s) ;
}
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. This prevents
you from having to repeatedly write the object's name or the path to the object.
The
object
parameter becomes the context in which the properties, variables, and functions
in the
statement(s)
parameter are read. For example, if
object
is
my_array
, and two of the
properties specified are
length
and
concat
, those properties are automatically read as
my_array
.
length
and
my_array.concat
. In another example, if
object
is
state.california
, any actions or statements inside the
with
statement are called from
inside the
california
instance.