In Flash (AS3), when you store a colour in a variable, although the 0x specifies an hexadecimal value, the variable will be of type uint (unsigned integer).
Actionscript:
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var c:uint = 0xFFFFFF;
This means that Flash, internally, converts the hexadecimal value to decimal.
You can easily verify this by tracing this variable's value:
Actionscript:
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trace (c); // 16777215
What if you want to convert this decimal value back to hexadecimal?
You use toString() and pass the parameter 16:
Actionscript:
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trace (c.toString(16)); // ffffff
Notice that what you get is a string.
If you want to have 0xFFFFFF instead of ffffff, all it takes is some very simple string manipulation:
Actionscript:
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trace("0x" + c.toString(16).toUpperCase()); // 0xFFFFFF
If you want to use this value in Flash, you'll have to cast it to an integer using uint():
Actionscript:
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trace (uint("0x" + c.toString(16).toUpperCase())); // 16777215
Here's the complete code:
Actionscript:
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var c:uint = 0xFFFFFF;
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trace (c);
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var s:String = "0x" + c.toString(16).toUpperCase();
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trace (s);
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trace (uint(s));
Thanks! I was looking for a simpler way to do this.
However if you want the typical representation where leading 0s are not dropped, then I’ve modified the script to do so. E.g. you want it to be represented as 0×00AA00 and not 0xAA00.
var c:uint = 0×00AA00;
trace (c);
var s:String = c.toString(16).toUpperCase();
while(s.length < 6)
{
s = "0" + s;
}
s = "0x" + s;
trace (s);
trace (uint(s));