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Q: 

How can I find the type of a var/name in Actionscript3?

Erm, that's it!...

+1  A: 

If memory serves me right, a method flash.utils.describeType hands you an xml document with all reflected typeinfo of an object/type.

Indeed: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/flash/utils/package.html#describeType%28%29

spender  2009-08-28 03:29:34
+1  A: 

The function is called typeof(). http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/operators.html#typeof

Chiwai Chan  2009-08-28 03:33:05
Will give you back 'object' for all but 5 predfined types.
spender  2009-08-28 03:35:03

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