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Spidey09
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December 12, 2013
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What is e.target as MovieClip

  • December 12, 2013
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Hi,

Can anyone tell me what is the meaning of ( MovieClip = e.target as MovieClip) the following code... Thanks.

      Var map:MovieClip = e.target as MovieClip.

Thanks

KC

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kglad
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kgladCommunity Expert
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December 12, 2013

that needs to be in a listener function where e is probably the event and e.target is the object that dispatches the event.  the as MovieClip is used to prevent the flash compiler from complaining about code below the line you cited.

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