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Point (flash.geom.Point)


Object
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    +-flash.geom.Point

public class Point
extends Object

The Point class represents a location in a two-dimensional coordinate system, where x represents the horizontal axis and y represents the vertical axis.

The following code creates a point at (0,0):

var myPoint:Point = new Point();

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 8

Property summary

Modifiers	Property	Description
	length`:Number`	The length of the line segment from (0,0) to this point.
	x`:Number`	The horizontal coordinate of the point.
	y`:Number`	The vertical coordinate of the point.

Properties inherited from class Object

constructor, __proto__, prototype, __resolve

Constructor summary

Signature	Description
Point`(x:Number, y:Number)`	Creates a new point.

Method summary

Modifiers	Signature	Description
	add`(v:Point) : Point`	Adds the coordinates of another point to the coordinates of this point to create a new point.
	clone`() : Point`	Creates a copy of this Point object.
`static`	distance`(pt1:Point, pt2:Point) : Number`	Returns the distance between pt1 and pt2.
	equals`(toCompare:Object) : Boolean`	Determines whether two points are equal.
`static`	interpolate`(pt1:Point, pt2:Point, f:Number) : Point`	Determines a point between two specified points.
	normalize`(length:Number) : Void`	Scales the line segment between (0,0) and the current point to a set length.
	offset`(dx:Number, dy:Number) : Void`	Offsets the Point object by the specified amount.
`static`	polar`(len:Number, angle:Number) : Point`	Converts a pair of polar coordinates to a Cartesian point coordinate.
	subtract`(v:Point) : Point`	Subtracts the coordinates of another point from the coordinates of this point to create a new point.
	toString`() : String`	Returns a string that contains the values of the x and y coordinates.

Methods inherited from class Object

addProperty, hasOwnProperty, isPropertyEnumerable, isPrototypeOf, registerClass, toString, unwatch, valueOf, watch

Version 8

Comments

MoleMan said on Aug 14, 2006 at 7:02 AM :

The polar method provides nicely for polar->cartesian, but what about cartesian->polar? There doesn't seem to be an 'angle' property to go with 'length'.

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