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Top Level

The top level contains the core ActionScript classes and global functions.

Global Functions

| Function | Description
--- | --- | ---
| Array | Creates a new array.
| Boolean | Converts the expression parameter to a Boolean value and returns the value.
| decodeURI | Decodes an encoded URI into a string.
| decodeURIComponent | Decodes an encoded URI component into a string.
| encodeURI | Encodes a string into a valid URI (Uniform Resource Identifier).
| encodeURIComponent | Encodes a string into a valid URI component.
| escape | Converts the parameter to a string and encodes it in a URL-encoded format, where most nonalphanumeric characters are replaced with % hexadecimal sequences.
| int | Converts a given numeric value to an integer value.
| isFinite | Returns true if the value is a finite number, or false if the value is Infinity or -Infinity.
| isNaN | Returns true if the value is NaN(not a number).
| isXMLName | Determines whether the specified string is a valid name for an XML element or attribute.
| Number | Converts a given value to a Number value.
| Object | Every value in ActionScript 3.0 is an object, which means that calling Object() on a value returns that value.
| parseFloat | Converts a string to a floating-point number.
| parseInt | Converts a string to an integer.
| String | Returns a string representation of the specified parameter.
| trace | Displays expressions, or writes to log files, while debugging.
| uint | Converts a given numeric value to an unsigned integer value.
| unescape | Evaluates the parameter str as a string, decodes the string from URL-encoded format (converting all hexadecimal sequences to ASCII characters), and returns the string.
| Vector | Creates a new Vector instance whose elements are instances of the specified data type.
| XML | Converts an object to an XML object.
| XMLList | Converts an object to an XMLList object.

Global Constants

| Constant | Description
--- | --- | ---
| Infinity | A special value representing positive Infinity.
| -Infinity | A special value representing negative Infinity.
| NaN | A special member of the Number data type that represents a value that is "not a number" (NaN).
| undefined | A special value that applies to untyped variables that have not been initialized or dynamic object properties that are not initialized.

Classes

| Class | Description
--- | --- | ---
| ArgumentError | The ArgumentError class represents an error that occurs when the arguments supplied in a function do not match the arguments defined for that function.
| arguments | An arguments object is used to store and access a function's arguments.
| Array | The Array class lets you access and manipulate arrays.
| Boolean | A Boolean object is a data type that can have one of two values, either true or false, used for logical operations.
| Class | A Class object is created for each class definition in a program.
| Date | The Date class represents date and time information.
| DefinitionError | The DefinitionError class represents an error that occurs when user code attempts to define an identifier that is already defined.
| Error | The Error class contains information about an error that occurred in a script.
| EvalError | The EvalError class represents an error that occurs when user code calls the eval() function or attempts to use the new operator with the Function object.
| Function | A function is the basic unit of code that can be invoked in ActionScript.
| int | The int class lets you work with the data type representing a 32-bit signed integer.
| Math | The Math class contains methods and constants that represent common mathematical functions and values.
| Namespace | The Namespace class contains methods and properties for defining and working with namespaces.
| Number | A data type representing an IEEE-754 double-precision floating-point number.
| Object | The Object class is at the root of the ActionScript class hierarchy.
| QName | QName objects represent qualified names of XML elements and attributes.
| RangeError | A RangeError exception is thrown when a numeric value is outside the acceptable range.
| ReferenceError | A ReferenceError exception is thrown when a reference to an undefined property is attempted on a sealed (nondynamic) object.
| RegExp | The RegExp class lets you work with regular expressions, which are patterns that you can use to perform searches in strings and to replace text in strings.
| SecurityError | The SecurityError exception is thrown when some type of security violation takes place.
| String | The String class is a data type that represents a string of characters.
| SyntaxError | A SyntaxError exception is thrown when a parsing error occurs, for one of the following reasons:.
| TypeError | A TypeError exception is thrown when the actual type of an operand is different from the expected type.
| uint | The uint class provides methods for working with a data type representing a 32-bit unsigned integer.
| URIError | A URIError exception is thrown when one of the global URI handling functions is used in a way that is incompatible with its definition.
| Vector | The Vector class lets you access and manipulate a vector -- an array whose elements all have the same data type.
| VerifyError | The VerifyError class represents an error that occurs when a malformed or corrupted SWF file is encountered.
| XML | The XML class contains methods and properties for working with XML objects.
| XMLList | The XMLList class contains methods for working with one or more XML elements.

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