How to print out an object memory address at runtime? like this.toString() in java

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How to write an AS3 object's memory location for example to a label? I need it for debugging purposed. Thanx

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

Community

answered May 27 '11 at 22:43

Tim Keating

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 17 '11 at 20:41

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NameUtil.createUniqueName() is pretty handy for this type of thing.

answered Sep 17 '11 at 20:41

Francis Potter

Or a uuid as well using mx.utils.UIDUtil.createUID() – Romano Oct 25 '18 at 16:55

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 20 '10 at 21:04

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Short answer: there is no way to do that. However, you can search something in flash.sampler package.

answered Feb 20 '10 at 21:04

invisible_hand

This is incorrect. It is possible, just a hack: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1343282/how-can-i-get-an-instances-memory-location-in-actionscript – David Wolever Feb 06 '13 at 21:02

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