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Asked: May 28, 20262026-05-28T06:00:25+00:00 2026-05-28T06:00:25+00:00

Can a Number in actionscript hold the same amount of and precision of values

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Can a Number in actionscript hold the same amount of and precision of values like a double in java?

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2026-05-28T06:00:25+00:00Added an answer on May 28, 2026 at 6:00 am
Yes it is! According to spec Number is:

A data type representing an IEEE-754 double-precision floating-point number. You can manipulate primitive numeric values by using the methods and properties associated with the Number class. This class is identical to the JavaScript Number class.

Some references:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/Number.html

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Double.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-precision_floating-point_format#IEEE_754_double-precision_binary_floating-point_format:_binary64

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/typesValues.html#4.2.3
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