It couldn’t be easier to convert a string to a number in Flex Actionscript. The language doesn’t have (or need) an atoi() function as seen in languages like C – it’s as simple as creating a cast:
[source:JavaScript]var myString:String = “15”;
var myNum:Number = Number( myString );
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The framework will convert any data type, not just strings. If it is unable to do so, it will return 0 (for ints) or NaN (for floating point).
Tags: ActionScript, Flash, Flex, flex builder