random letter creator

[postatomic]

Hi

I'm trying to get the effect of letters cycling randomly until it gets to the correct letter and then stops...so you can have a word cycle randomly until it creates the word you want.

how can I achieve that in MX

postatomic :evil:

[lostinbeta]

There are 2 random letter cycling tutorials on this site...

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/randomlettercycling.asp


http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/randomlettercycling2.asp

[senocular]

you might want to see http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11686

there is a function

Math.randomRange = function(min, max){
return Math.floor(Math.random()*(max-min+1)) + min;
}

which can be used with the range of letters in char codes 97-122 (a-z) and be checked for correctness

simple example


Math.randomRange = function(min, max){
return Math.floor(Math.random()*(max-min+1)) + min;
}
checkFor = "a";
this.onEnterFrame = function(){
charValue = Math.randomRange(97,122);
if (checkFor == String.fromCharCode(charValue)){
trace("Found match: "+ checkFor +" and "+ String.fromCharCode(charValue) +" ("+ charValue +")")
}
}


this doesnt stop, just traces a message, but you get the point

[edit]
or see the previous links :)