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ActionScript classes
max (Math.max method)
public static max(x:Number, y:Number) : Number
Evaluates
x
and
y
and returns the larger value.
Availability:
ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5 - In Flash Player 4, the methods and properties
of the Math class are emulated using approximations and might not be as accurate as the non-
emulated math functions that Flash Player 5 supports.
Parameters
x
:Number
- A number or expression.
y
:Number
- A number or expression.
Returns
Number
- A number.
Example
The following example displays
Thu Dec 30 00:00:00 GMT-0700 2004
, which is the larger
of the evaluated expressions.
var date1:Date = new Date(2004, 11, 25);
var date2:Date = new Date(2004, 11, 30);
var maxDate:Number = Math.max(date1.getTime(), date2.getTime());
trace(new Date(maxDate).toString());
See also
min (Math.min method)
,
Date
min (Math.min method)
public static min(x:Number, y:Number) : Number
Evaluates
x
and
y
and returns the smaller value.
Availability:
ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5 - In Flash Player 4, the methods and properties
of the Math class are emulated using approximations and might not be as accurate as the non-
emulated math functions that Flash Player 5 supports.
Parameters
x
:Number
- A number or expression.
y
:Number
- A number or expression.
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