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flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/flash/filesystem/File.html

adbe_paul — 2008-05-12T11:08:53

@bomby:

While it's generally best to include a semicolon at the end of each statement (and we should have done so) it's not strictly required. ActionScript has a rule called semicolon auto-insertion which (as it's name suggests) automatically adds a semicolon where there probably ought to be one (there are some specific rules it follows, of course). One place it will add a semicolon is at the end of a line before a closing curly brace, as in this example.

Nevertheless, as I said, it's best not to rely on that rule and instead to just use a semicolon.

flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/flash/filesystem/File.html

bomby — 2008-05-12T01:46:34

Semi-colon missing after statement [trace("Failed:", error.message)] in example, or is it not strictly necessary?

import flash.filesystem.File;
import flash.events.Event;

var directory:File = File.documentsDirectory;

try
{
directory.browseForDirectory("Select Directory");
directory.addEventListener(Event.SELECT, directorySelected);
}
catch (error:Error)
{
trace("Failed:", error.message)
}

function directorySelected(event:Event):void
{
directory = event.target as File;
var files:Array = directory.getDirectoryListing();
for(var i:uint = 0; i < files.length; i++)
{
trace(files[i].name);
}
}