thunder_storm wrote:
> Hi guys,
> I am trying to subtract 2 characters in action script, My code line looks like
> this : temp=Number(str.charAt(j)-'A');
> trace(temp);
> But everytime i run the command i get NaN as the O/P, such a command works
> fine in C, what to do to get this working in actionscript?
>

thunder_storm wrote:
> Such a code in C wud yield the difference between the postition of the two
> chars in the string array.. eg. str='abcd..'
> so b-c = 1 .. i m not checking this so i may be wrong but from past exp i
> think its what we get..
> It does not subtract the ascii codes... i know abt the charCode() .. i wud
> like to know if there is a way i can get the difference in the position of the
> 2 chars..
>