Trimming strings using the Flex StringUtil class’s trimArrayElements() method

By On September 7, 2007 · 3 Comments

The following example shows how you can remove leading and trailing spaces from an Array using the Flex StringUtil class’s trimArrayElements() method.

Similar to my earlier post, “Trimming strings using the Flex StringUtil class’s trim() method“, the StringUtil class has another rediculously handy method, trimArrayElements().

Essentially, this method allows you to trim leading and [...]

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Converting color names to numbers using the StyleManager class

By On September 6, 2007 · 1 Comment

The following examples show how you can convert color names (such as “red”, “haloSilver”, “#FFFFFF”, and “0xFFFF00″) into numeric values, using the StyleManager class’s static getColorName() method and getColorNames() method.

Full code after the jump.

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