Number(expression)

SWiSH Player Support
SWF4 or later - Supported Internally

Syntax
Number (expression)

Arguments
expression : The expression to convert to a floating-point number .

Returns
Converted number .

Description
Function: Converts an expression to a floating-point number .
If expression is a string, behaves like parseFloat() .
If expression is boolean, returns 1 if true, 0 if false.
If expression is numeric, returns the result of the expression.

Sample
The following examples use the Number function to evaluate various expressions:

trace( Number ("-4e3"));       // displays -4000
trace( Number ( 4 + 3 ));       // displays 7
trace( Number ( 4 > 3 ));       // displays 1 (boolean true)
trace( Number ("garbage"));    // displays 0

Flash MX Differences
Flash supports the concept of NaN, SWiSH returns 0 in these instances.