/*

 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

*/

// Here we explore a number of functions dealing with string handling

// Concatenation

var myString:String = "Now is the time for all good frogs";
myString += " to come to the aid of their pond.";
trace("myString = ", myString);

// seaching for a character at a position
trace("myString.charAt(11) =", myString.charAt(11));

// substr starting at, for n
trace("myString.substr(11,4) =", myString.substr(11,4));

// substring starting at, ending at
trace("myString.substring(11,14) =", myString.substring(11,14));

// substring starting at, ending at end of string
trace("myString.substring(11) =", myString.substring(11));

// works backward too
trace("myString.substring(14,11) =", myString.substring(14,11));


trace("myString.slice(9,-21) =", myString.slice(9,-21));

// lets do some comparisons
var testString = "frogs";
trace("testString == \"frogs\" =", testString == "frogs");
trace("testString == \"Frogs\" =", testString == "Frogs");
trace("testString.toLowerCase() == \"frogs\".toLowerCase() =", testString.toLowerCase() == "frogs".toLowerCase());

trace("myString.indexOf(\"frogs\") =", myString.indexOf("frogs"));
trace("myString.indexOf(\"a\") =", myString.indexOf("a"));
trace("myString.lastIndexOf(\"a\") =", myString.lastIndexOf("a"));
trace("myString.indexOf(\"frogs\") != -1 =", myString.indexOf("frogs") != -1);

trace("myString.search(\"frogs\") =", myString.search("frogs"));
trace("myString.search(/frogs/) =", myString.search(/frogs/));
trace("myString.search(/frogs/i) =", myString.search(/frogs/i));

trace("myString.search(/r...n/) =", myString.search(/r...n/));
trace("myString.search(/r.*n/) =", myString.search(/r.*n/));

// we can replace substrings
trace("myString.replace(\"frogs\",\"toads\") =", myString.replace("frogs","toads"));

// we can write char by char too.
trace(String.fromCharCode(65));



//  from  "ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming 
//  University" by Gary Rosenzweig