Help using an array

programming flash
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Hi all,

I have created a snakes and ladders board game which uses an array to produce the board (10x10) and to randomly assign ‘snakes’ and ‘ladders’. These details are numerical for example the trace for a typical game is as follows:

Square 34 goes to 25.
Square 61 goes to 59.
Square 62 goes to 68.

What I want to happen is to somehow show the snakes and ladders visually on the array grid. I’ve created the grid and that displays a 10x10 board with each square numbered. If the number is greater than the first then its a ladder if its less it’s a snake. I’m lost as to how to visually show the snakes and ladders on the board.


//Create the game board
for (t=0; t<100; t++) { //Create 100 tiles
    if (random(100)<90) { //Generate number of special tiles
        gameBoard.push(t);
    } else {
        gameBoard.push(Math.max((Math.min((t+random(25)-14), 99)), 0)); //Generate random lengths of snakes and ladders
    }
}

var sqX:Number = 290; //Position of board
var sqY:Number = 320;
var sqNum:Number = 1;

for (j=1; j<=10; j++) {
    for (i=1; i<=10; i++) {
        duplicateMovieClip(square, "square"+j+i, 100+sqNum);
        _root["square"+j+i].gotoAndStop(gameBoard[sqNum-1]);
        _root["square"+j+i].sqNum.text = sqNum;
        _root["square"+j+i]._x = sqX;
        if ((int(j/2)*2) == j) {
            if (i != 10) {
                sqX -= 30;
            }
        } else {
            if (i != 10) {
                sqX += 30;
            }
        }
        _root["square"+j+t]._y = sqY;
        sqNum++;
    }
    sqY -= 30;
}

//Display random special tiles
for (t=0; t<gameBoard.length; t++) {
    trace("Square "+(t+1)+" goes to "+(gameBoard[t]+1)+".");
    if (gameBoard[t] != t) {
    }
}

Any help would be great, thanks.