Flash / Flex / ActionScript/String/charAt

charAt() takes one parameter, a value for an index within the string. This method returns a new one-character string that contains the value of the character at the specified index.

   <source lang="java">

package{

 import flash.display.Sprite;
 
 public class Main extends Sprite{
   public function Main(){
       var sTitle:String = new String("ActionScript");
       var sChar:String = sTitle.charAt(0);
   }
 }

}

       </source>
   
  

Retrieving One Character at a Time

   <source lang="java">

package{

 import flash.display.Sprite;
 
 public class Main extends Sprite{
   public function Main(){
       var example:String = "a string";
       
       for ( var i:int = 0; i < example.length; i++ ) {
         trace( example.charAt( i ) );
       }
   }
 }

}

       </source>
   
  

Use of a for loop to loop through the characters of a string, one at a time

   <source lang="java">

package{

 import flash.display.Sprite;
 
 public class Main extends Sprite{
   public function Main(){
       var sTitle:String = new String("ActionScript");
       for (var i:Number = 0; i < sTitle.length; i++){
          trace(sTitle.charAt(i));
       }
   }
 }

} A c t i o n S c r i p t

       </source>