[un]signed short fixed

A short fixed value1 is a 16 bit (or less) number representing a value with 8 bits on the left of the decimal point and 8 bits on the right.

When the value is smaller than 16 bits, we assume that only the least significant bits were defined (quite often only those after the decimal point.)

For more information about bit fields, check out the [un]signed type.

• 1. The fixed short type exists since version 1, although it was properly named as such only in version 8 of Flash.