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2004-06-19 - By Jonathan E
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Hi Joe!
Thanks for the code. Took me some time to learn about
the strict typing thing, but managed to translate it
for Flash MX. Also learned about the "?: " conditional!
Cheeers :)
jonathan.
--- Joe Martinez
<joseph.martinez@(protected) > wrote:
> Here ya go...
> -- if the function is a class member you may want to
> set it private or
> whatever.
> -- If you are exporting for old version of flash
> remove the strict variable
> typing.
> -- if you wan 't to change the percent of time it
> generates 1 or -1 chg the
> ..49 to something else. Right now it will gen. 50% 1
> and 50% -1.
>
> function randNum():Number{
> var myNum:Number = Math.random();
> return myNum > .49 ? 1 : -1;
> }
>
> Hope this helps
> Joe
>
> -- --Original Message-- --
> From: flashpro-bounces@(protected)
> [mailto:flashpro-bounces@(protected)] On
> Behalf Of Jonathan E
> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 4:11 PM
> To: Mailing list for professional Flash designers
> and developers
> Subject: Re: [flashpro] variable increases by more
> than 1 + random
> negativenumber
>
> Hi Rick
>
> Thanks for the link! I definitely need a good
> understanding of OOP and that link will certainly
> help.
>
> anyway, other than that, I need a function which
> will
> randomly return either -1 or 1 (but not zero). I 've
> been thinking about that the whole night but cant
> seem
> to be able to do it :(
>
> Can anyone help me about that?
>
> Cheeers!
>
> jonathan.
>
>
>
> --- Rick Terrill <rick-flashpro@(protected) > wrote:
> > Hi Jonathan,
> >
> > I 'm glad you 've got it working.
> >
> > If that all sounded foreign, then I 'm betting
> you 're
> > not familiar with
> > Object-Oriented programming. I could post some
> > code, but without
> > understanding how and why it works, then it 's no
> > better than your
> > current solution :)
> >
> > I did a quick google search on OO in Actionscript
> > and found a decent
> > article that describes what OO is (with a slant
> > towards actionscript):
> >
> http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.asp?p=31465
> >
> > From there you should be able to start creating
> > classes and objects and
> > moving your code off the main timeline (a goooood
> > thing)!
> >
> > There are distinct differences in the OO
> > capabilities between MX and
> > MX2004. Although technically you can accomplish
> the
> > same result in
> > either, ActionScript2.0 (in MX2004) provides
> > language constructs,
> > syntax, and organization which bring ActionScript
> > much more in line with
> > the fundamental OO philosophies.
> > Either way, as you read up on OO in AS, make sure
> > that what you 're
> > reading is targeted at your version of Flash!
> >
> > (i hope i 'm not too verbose :)
> >
> > Rick
> >
> > Jonathan E wrote:
> >
> > >Hey Rick
> > >
> > >Thanks for your reply. The last part of your
> email
> > >sounded totally alien to me however! :) Is that
> > >relatively easy to learn nand do (I mean creating
> a
> > >class for handling the event etc)? If it is, yeah
> > >could you please give me a bit more details and a
> > >quick example? If it 's too complicated, that 's
> ok.
> > >dont bother about it, because removing the
> > listener
> > >by putting removeListener in the frames where
> > needed
> > >seems to work fine.
> > >
> > >Thanks again!
> > >
> > >jonathan.
> > >
> > >
> > >--- Rick Terrill <rick-flashpro@(protected) >
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > >Definitely don 't put the removeListener and
> delete
> > > >statements in the
> > > >same frame as the object creation and listener
> > > >reassignment. Statements
> > > >within a single frame do not necessarily execute
> > in
> > > >order.
> > > >
> > > >The preferable method would be to put all the
> > > >actions of frames 1-3 in a
> > > >..as file and include it in frame 1.
> > > >Alternatively, you could create a class for
> > handling
> > > >this event and
> > > >create an object from it in _global on frame1.
> > > >
> > > >If this isn 't clear, then I can be more specific
> > :)
> > > >
> > > >Rick
> > > >
> > > >Jonathan E wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >Hello. Thanks for the responses
> > > > >
> > > > >Yep the code was indeed being run more than
> once!
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >So
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >it 's this which is causing it then!
> > > > >
> > > > >The code is actually in frame 3. So does this
> > mean
> > > > >that I have to put:
> > > > >
> > > > >Key.removeListener(myListener);
> > > > >delete myListener;
> > > > >
> > > > >at the beginning of frames 1 and 2? (because
> the
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >user
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >can leave frame 3 and go back to frames 1 or
> 2).
> > Or
> > > > >can I just simply put "removeListener " and
> > "delete
> > > > >myListener " right at the beginning of frame 3
> > where
> > > > >the listener is created?
> > > > >
> > > > >To be a bit more clear, the way the movie is
> > built
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >is:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >Frame 1:
> > > > >In frame 1, the variable maxAllies is set to
> 20.
> > > > >When the user clicks on a button, the movie
> goes
> > to
> > > > >frame 2, where there 's the following:
> > > > >
> > > > >FRAME 2:
> > > > >alliesArray = [];
>
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