is there conversion function for color values between #FFFFFF <-> 0xFFFFFF

Question

is there a conversion function for color values between "#FFFFFF" <-> 0xFFFFFF

I like to read a value from String and convert it to hex number

Answer 1

Replace # with either 0x or empty string and do a ParseInt("FFFFFF", 16)? Remember that #FFF is valid and equal to #FFFFFF.

Answer 2

If you are using the flex compiler you can use the mx.styles.StyleManager to convert named colours (such as the format #xxxxxx or even common names like red) to a uint.

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