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ActionScript 2.0 Components Language Reference > Data binding classes > CustomFormatter.unformat()

CustomFormatter.unformat()

Availability

Flash Player 6 (6.0.79.0).

Edition

Flash MX Professional 2004.

Usage

This method is called automatically; you don't invoke it directly.

Parameters

formattedData The formatted data to convert back to the raw data type.

Returns

An unformatted value.

Description

Method; converts from a string, or other data type, to the raw data type. This transformation should be the exact inverse transformation of CustomFormatter.format().

This method is not implemented by default. You must define it in your subclass of mx.data.binding.CustomFormatter.

For more information, see Sample custom formatter.

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