//Steve Rhoades
//Sample Code
//Art Institute of Seattle
//HelloVariables


package{
	
	import flash.display.*;
	
	/**
	 *Our first change from HelloWorld, we've got a new Class name.  Make sure the file name matches!
	 */	
	public class HelloVariables extends Sprite{
		
		/**
		 *Have to change this main function name too
		 */		
		public function HelloVariables(){
			
			//this is how you declare a variable
			//var name:Type (= initial value);
			
			//here are some examples:
			var x:int;
			var y:int = 0;
			var z:int = 100;
		
		  //note that we can print those the same way we printed "Hello, World!"
			trace(x);   //prints 0, the default value of an int
			trace(y);   //also 0, because that's what we set it to above
			trace(z);   //100
			
			/**
			 *Variables come in all sorts of different types.  The type tells the Flash engine how much memory
			 *to give to each variable, and how to interpret those 1s and 0s.  We will eventually create our own
			 *types by creating our own objects.  Here are some examples that we'll see a bunch of
			 */
			//we saw int already, but here's one with a good name.  ints are integers 
			var currentBalance:int = -100;  //looks like we're in debt!
			//uints are unsigned ints.  They can only be zero or positive.  This comment should remind me
			//to talk a little bit about how data is stored, if I haven't already.
			var score:uint = 40;
			//what if you need non-whole numbers?  Use Numbers!
			var fractionalValue:Number = 3.14;
			var negativeFraction:Number = -9.2;
			//Booleans, named for mathematician George Boole, are either true or false
			var alive:Boolean = true; 
			//strings are collections of character data.  Words or phrases.  Not always exclusively letters!
			var greeting:String = "Hello, World!"  //our original program used a string literal!
			var licensePlate:String = "I H8 U";  //anything within the quote is fair game, even spaces
			
			//let's print all that stuff out now
			trace(currentBalance);
			trace(score);
			trace(fractionalValue); 
			trace(negativeFraction);
			trace(alive);
			trace(greeting);
			trace(licensePlate);
			
			
			
		}
		
	}	
}