Chapter9.Strings, Numbers and VariablesIn Depth

Chapter 9. Strings, Numbers and VariablesIn Depth

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Types of Data Types

• The String Data Type

• Manipulating Strings

• The Number Data Type

• Boolean Data Type

• Null Data Type

• Undefined Data Type

• Array Data Type

• Variables

In this chapter we discuss different types of data and variables that store data.

Data, simply put, is anything and everything you want it to be, including text, numbers, and logical representations (known as Boolean data). In its most raw form (binary code), data is represented as a bunch of zeros and ones, which comprise the basic data computers use as their primitive language. For instance, this next excerpt is the binary translation of "Flash Professional 8":

 01000110 01101100 01100001 01110011 01101000 00100000 00111000 00100000 01010000 01110010 01101111 01100110 01100101 01110011 01110011 01101001 01101111 01101110 01100001 01101100