Re: [Flashcoders] random concatenated txt question

2006-03-06 Thread Byron Canfield 
I don't see anything there in that code that limits the string length to
19, nor anything to reset the string to a null value upon reaching the 19.

It just keeps on concatenating onto the end of the string, but you can't
see it because of the limited size of the textfield.

Try putting a trace in your onEnterFrame() and you'll see what I mean:

_root.onEnterFrame = function() {
myTxt_txt.text = random2();
trace(myTxt_txt.text: +myTxt_txt.text.length)
};

That said, it seems to me that you're really going about this the hard
way. Each of those single-letter strings is possible to represent with a
numeric ascii value, such that there is no need for the array -- just
convert the chosen numeric value to a character at the time it is
concatenated.

-- 
Byron Barn Canfield


 this fills up my dynamic txt field. then just stops. it should keep
 producing a random string of 19 characters (the length of the txt field),
 then replace it every frame with a new string of random characters.
 instead
 it just fills up, then stops. ugh!
 -



 ascii = new Array(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j,
   k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t,
   u, v, w, x, y, z);

 function random1() {
  x = ascii[random(ascii.length)];
  return x;
 }

 function random2() {
  yy = _root.myTxt_txt.length;
  for (x = 0; x  yy; x++) {
   j = random1();
   if (initialTxt == undefined) {
initialTxt = '';
   }
   initialTxt += j.toString();
  }
  return initialTxt;
 }

 _root.onEnterFrame = function() {
  myTxt_txt.text = random2();
 }
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Re: [Flashcoders] random concatenated txt question

2006-03-06 Thread michael . bordner 
you might have an issue with using x as a global variable?   try defining 
x with var in the for loop.. or somewhere in the function.   if you do 
not use var, it should become a global variable.


-mike




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Re: [Flashcoders] random concatenated txt question






I don't see anything there in that code that limits the string length to
19, nor anything to reset the string to a null value upon reaching the 19.

It just keeps on concatenating onto the end of the string, but you can't
see it because of the limited size of the textfield.

Try putting a trace in your onEnterFrame() and you'll see what I mean:

_root.onEnterFrame = function() {
 myTxt_txt.text = random2();
 trace(myTxt_txt.text: +myTxt_txt.text.length)
};

That said, it seems to me that you're really going about this the hard
way. Each of those single-letter strings is possible to represent with a
numeric ascii value, such that there is no need for the array -- just
convert the chosen numeric value to a character at the time it is
concatenated.

-- 
Byron Barn Canfield


 this fills up my dynamic txt field. then just stops. it should keep
 producing a random string of 19 characters (the length of the txt 
field),
 then replace it every frame with a new string of random characters.
 instead
 it just fills up, then stops. ugh!
 -



 ascii = new Array(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j,
   k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t,
   u, v, w, x, y, z);

 function random1() {
  x = ascii[random(ascii.length)];
  return x;
 }

 function random2() {
  yy = _root.myTxt_txt.length;
  for (x = 0; x  yy; x++) {
   j = random1();
   if (initialTxt == undefined) {
initialTxt = '';
   }
   initialTxt += j.toString();
  }
  return initialTxt;
 }

 _root.onEnterFrame = function() {
  myTxt_txt.text = random2();
 }
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Re: [Flashcoders] random concatenated txt question

2006-03-06 Thread murder design 
well, i have localized x in the for loop, and changed the value in the
single number generator from x to singleLetter. that seems to have been a
giant part of the problem. however now, the code produces one solid string.
blinks out. no text, then freezes up.




ascii = new Array(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j,
  k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t,
  u, v, w, x, y, z);

function random1() {
 singleLetter = ascii[random(ascii.length)];
 return singleLetter;
}

function random2() {
 yy = _root.myTxt_txt.length;
 for (var x:Number = 0; x  yy; x++) {
  j = random1();
  if (initialTxt == undefined) {
   initialTxt = '';
  }
  initialTxt += j.toString();
 }
 return initialTxt;
}

_root.onEnterFrame = function() {
 uu = random2();
 myTxt_txt.text = uu;
  trace(myTxt_txt.text: +myTxt_txt.text.length)
}
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RE: [Flashcoders] random concatenated txt question

2006-03-06 Thread Hairy Dog Digital 

You're first populating myTxt_txt with a string of 19 spaces or other
character, correct?

Are you certain that random2() is not appending a new string to the end of
the existing one? What if trimmed it down and changed it to...

function random2() {
  yy = _root.myTxt_txt.length;
  initialTxt = ;
  for (x = 0; x  yy; x++) {
j = random1();
initialTxt = j.toString();
  }
  return initialTxt;
} 

Sorry, if these are basic questions, just covering the bases :p



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Re: [Flashcoders] random concatenated txt question

2006-03-06 Thread murder design 
great fix! thx guys(or gals):



ascii = new Array(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j,
  k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t,
  u, v, w, x, y, z, !, @, #, $,
  %, ^, );

function random1() {
 singleLetter = ascii[random(ascii.length)];
 return singleLetter;
}

function random2() {
 yy = _root.myTxt_txt.length;
 initialTxt = ;
 for (var x:Number = 0; x  yy; x++) {
  j = random1();
  initialTxt += j.toString();
 }
 return initialTxt;
}

_root.onEnterFrame = function() {
 uu = random2();
 myTxt_txt.text = uu;
}
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Re: [Flashcoders] random concatenated txt question

2006-03-06 Thread Byron Canfield 
I think I would take the simpler route:

ascii = new Array(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i,
j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u,
v, w, x, y, z);

function fncShuffle() {
return Math.floor(Math.random()*3)-1;
}

_root.onEnterFrame = function() {
myTxt_txt.text = ascii.sort(fncShuffle).join().substr(0, 19);
};


-- 
Byron Barn Canfield


 great fix! thx guys(or gals):



 ascii = new Array(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j,
   k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t,
   u, v, w, x, y, z, !, @, #, $,
   %, ^, );

 function random1() {
  singleLetter = ascii[random(ascii.length)];
  return singleLetter;
 }

 function random2() {
  yy = _root.myTxt_txt.length;
  initialTxt = ;
  for (var x:Number = 0; x  yy; x++) {
   j = random1();
   initialTxt += j.toString();
  }
  return initialTxt;
 }

 _root.onEnterFrame = function() {
  uu = random2();
  myTxt_txt.text = uu;
 }
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Re: [Flashcoders] random concatenated txt question

2006-03-06 Thread Ron Wheeler 

Does this need to be inside the loop?

if (initialTxt == undefined) {
  initialTxt = '';
 }


Why not clean up the code by typing it fully to reduce or eliminate the 
possibility of silly errors.

initialTxt is never declared.

Why is this myTxt not on _root with the other one.

_root.onEnterFrame = function() {
uu = random2();
myTxt_txt.text = uu;
 trace(myTxt_txt.text: +myTxt_txt.text.length)


I have a feeling that if you clean up the code, it will suddenly start 
to work.


Ron

murder design wrote:

well, i have localized x in the for loop, and changed the value in the
single number generator from x to singleLetter. that seems to have been a
giant part of the problem. however now, the code produces one solid string.
blinks out. no text, then freezes up.




ascii = new Array(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j,
  k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t,
  u, v, w, x, y, z);

function random1() {
 singleLetter = ascii[random(ascii.length)];
 return singleLetter;
}

function random2() {
 yy = _root.myTxt_txt.length;
 for (var x:Number = 0; x  yy; x++) {
  j = random1();
  if (initialTxt == undefined) {
   initialTxt = '';
  }
  initialTxt += j.toString();
 }
 return initialTxt;
}

_root.onEnterFrame = function() {
 uu = random2();
 myTxt_txt.text = uu;
  trace(myTxt_txt.text: +myTxt_txt.text.length)
}
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