change color of string

[revo999]

var mystr:String;

how i can apply random colors to "mystr" string ?
in as2

[Swooter]

var $hex:Array = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,"A","B","C","D","E","F"];
function randomColor():String {
 var $temp:String = String($hex[Math.floor(Math.random() * 17)]);
 $temp += String($hex[Math.floor(Math.random() * 17)]);
 $temp += String($hex[Math.floor(Math.random() * 17)]);
 $temp += String($hex[Math.floor(Math.random() * 17)]);
 $temp += String($hex[Math.floor(Math.random() * 17)]);
 $temp += String($hex[Math.floor(Math.random() * 17)]);
 return "0x" + $temp;
}
 
trace(randomColor());

[revo999]

this just tracing the random color value

but how i can apply this to A STRING

[wkt]

Well, you can put your text box into a movieclip and use setRGB in the Color class on it, I reckon.

edit: more info below

ActionScript Code:

var mycolor:Color = new Color(_root.myBox);
mycolor.setRGB(0x678432);
_root.myBox.setTransform(mycolor);

This paints a square I created called "myBox" in a sick green color. And it works fine if you put a text box into the movieclip.

[glosrfc]

var myStr:String = "this is the string I want to colour";
var my_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
my_fmt.color = Math.round(Math.random() * 0xFFFFFF);
this.createTextField("my_txt", 1, 100, 100, 300, 100);
my_txt.text = myStr;
my_txt.setTextFormat(my_fmt);

[revo999]

THANK YOU glosrfc

[Swooter]

Math.round(Math.random() * 0xFFFFFF);

Sweet, didn't know that... I knew that a Number could be a 0x value, but it's good to know you can use it in Math classes aswell.