Get Even or Odd – getParity using Action Script AS

Posted by druva | Flash, Flex, JS, as2, as3, utils | Thursday 4 February 2010 3:12 am

The below code shows how to use the class


import druva.NumberUtil;

trace('500', NumberUtil.getParity(500));
// true
trace('489', NumberUtil.getParity(489));
// false
trace('5', NumberUtil.getParity(5));
//false
trace('1', NumberUtil.getParity(1));
//true
trace('400', NumberUtil.getParity(400));
//false

This is the actual class


package druva {
  import flash.display.Sprite;

  public class NumberUtil extends Sprite{
    public function NumberUtil(){
    }

    public static function getParity(num:Number):String {
		return (num % 2) ? 'odd' : 'even';
	}

  }
}