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Task/Animation/ActionScript/animation.as

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+//create the text box
+var textBox:TextField = new TextField();
+addChild(textBox);
+
+var text = "Hello, World! ";
+var goingRight = true;
+
+//modify the string and update it in the text box
+function animate(e:Event)
+{
+	if(goingRight)
+		text = text.slice(text.length-1,text.length) + text.slice(0, text.length - 1);
+	else
+		text = text.slice(1) + text.slice(0,1);
+	textBox.text = text;
+}
+
+//event handler to perform the animation
+textBox.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, animate);
+//event handler to register clicks
+textBox.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, function(){goingRight = !goingRight;});