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ActionScript 2.0 Components Language Reference > Data binding classes > DataType.getAsNumber()

DataType.getAsNumber()

Availability

Flash Player 6.

Edition

Flash MX Professional 2004.

Usage

dataTypeObject.getAsNumber()

Parameters

None.

Returns

A number.

Description

Method; fetches the current value of the field and converts it to Number form, if necessary.

Example

In this example, a field named propName that belongs to a component named myComponent is retrieved as a number, and assigned to a variable:

var dataTypeObj:mx.data.binding.DataType = myComponent.getField("propName");
var propValue:Number = dataTypeObj.getAsNumber();

See also

DataType.getAnyTypedValue()

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