Flash 8 Documentation 
ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference > ActionScript classes > arguments

arguments


Object
    |
    +-arguments

public class arguments
extends Object

An arguments object is used to store and access a function's arguments. While inside the function's body it can be accessed with the local arguments variable.

The arguments are stored as array elements, the first is accessed as arguments[0], the second as arguments[1], etc. The arguments.length property indicates the number of arguments passed to the function. Note that there may be a different number of arguments passed in than the function declares.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5 - As of Flash Player 6 the arguments object supports all methods and properties of the Array class.

See also

Function

Property summary

Modifiers

Property

Description

 

callee:Object

A reference to the currently executing function.

 

caller:Object

A reference to the function that called the currently executing function, or null if it wasn't called from another function.

 

length:Number

The number of arguments passed to the function.

Properties inherited from class Object

constructor, __proto__, prototype, __resolve


Method summary

Methods inherited from class Object

addProperty, hasOwnProperty, isPropertyEnumerable, isPrototypeOf, registerClass, toString, unwatch, valueOf, watch


Version 8

 

Send me an e-mail when comments are added to this page | Comment Report

Current page: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/8/main/00001897.html