String.fromCharCode( ) Class Method

	ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition By Colin Moock
	Chapter 18.  ActionScript Language Reference

String.fromCharCode( ) Class Method

Flash 5

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generate a string from one or more code points

String.fromCharCode(code_point1, code_point2,...code_pointn)

Arguments

code_ point1,...code_ pointn

A series of one or more integers corresponding to Unicode character code points.

Returns

A string formed by concatenating the characters represented by the specified code points.

Description

The fromCharCode( ) class method produces a character or series of characters from character code points, as described in Chapter 4. For code points below 128, it effectively builds a string from a series of ASCII codes.

Example

// Makes a copyright symbol, followed by the year (2003) copyNotice = String.fromCharCode(169) + " 2003";

See Also

String.charCodeAt( ); "The fromCharCode( ) function," in Chapter 4; Appendix B