MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-LEARNING ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 IN FLASH, Manual

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About operators 181
The following table lists all the ActionScript operators and their associativity, from highest to
lowest precedence. For more information and guidelines on using operators and parentheses,
see
Chapter 19, “Formatting ActionScript syntax,” on page 764 .
Operator Description Associativity
Highest precedence
x ++
Post-increment Left to right
x --
Post-decrement Left to right
.
Object property access Left to right
[ ]
Array element Left to right
( )
Parentheses Left to right
function ( )
Function call Left to right
++ x
Pre-increment Right to left
-- x
Pre-decrement Right to left
-
Unary negation, such as x = -1 Left to right
~
Bitwise NOT Right to left
!
Logical NOT Right to left
new
Allocate object Right to left
delete
Deallocate object Right to left
typeof
Type of object Right to left
void
Returns undefined value Right to left
*
Multiply Left to right
/
Divide Left to right
%
Modulo Left to right
+
Unary plus Right to left
-
Unary minus Right to left
<<
Bitwise left shift Left to right
>>
Bitwise right shift Left to right
>>>
Bitwise right shift (unsigned) Left to right
instanceof
Instance of (finds the class of which the object is
an instance)
Requires Flash Player 6 or later Left to right
<
Less than Left to right