Flash / Flex / ActionScript/Statement/is

check an item"s datatype using the is operator

   <source lang="java">

package{

 import flash.display.Sprite;
 
 public class Main extends Sprite{
   public function Main(){
       var quantity:int = 5;
       if (quantity is int) {
         trace("Yippee. It"s an integer.");
       }
   }
 }

}

       </source>