/*

 Open a new FLash file (ActionScript 3.0).
 Select TimeLine --> Top Layer --> Frame 1
 Select Window --> Actions (F9)
 Copy and paste this snippet
 <Control> <Enter>
 Observe the output

*/

/*

  We know that some common data types include String, and Number but
  the class designer can create all kinds of new data types.  For 
  example, a data type could be feline.  We could create a subtype 
  of housecat (feline.housecat) but we normally could just call it
  a type of housecat.  In Adobe land, it's important to be able to
  figure out what type something is because we might need to dresearch
  the type in the language reference.
  
*/

//  Fun with data types
// typeof
var petName:String = "Spot"
trace ("petName has a data type of " + typeof(petName) + "." );

// another example.  Not necessarly the answer we were expecting.
var today:Date = new Date();
trace ("today is data type of: " + typeof(today) +"." );

// Another way to check
if (today is Date)
{
	trace("today is a Date object.");
}
else
{
	trace("today is not a Date object.");
}

if (today is Sound)
{
	trace("today is a Sound object.");
}
else
{
	trace("today is not a Sound object.");
}

//Last:

trace ("today belongs to the " + getQualifiedClassName(today
) + " class.");


// from Flash CS4 Pro Bible by Robert Reinhardt and Snow Dowd