I've also seen people use $ for string variables. As far as
Actionscript is concerned, it's just a style of coding, really.
Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com
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Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Using the $ sign at the beginning of a
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What does a dollar sign do at the beginning of a variable in Flash?
Anything? like Stage.$blah = rar;
It's legal, and benign, to prefix identifiers with '$'.
I use it in my code to identify the scope of a variable -- either
_global
or class-specific (private). I find it useful to hang a '$_' prefix on
variables within a certain scope, not only to distinguish them a
little,
but to make it easier to do certain things that utilize them, like
create
accessor methods without having to invent a completely new name.
example:
private var $_someVariable:String;
public function get someVariable():String {
return $_someVariable;
}
public function set someVariable(value:String):Void{
$_someVariable = value;
}
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pixelTwiddler, a.k.a. Jason
Respect yourself, and THINK about stuff.
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