# How to create textfield

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-textfield/64801>\
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**Created:** [September 20, 2004, 6:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-textfield/64801 "2004-09-20T06:23:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/2bfe46/32.png) [@Xavier](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Xavier)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 6:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-textfield/64801/1 "2004-09-20T06:23:04Z")

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hi guys, i want to create a text field in a movie clip where the text field can get 5 different letters from an array. I mean that when the movie appears it will have an random letter on it each time, how do i get the letters from the array?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-textfield/64801/2 "2004-09-20T07:00:21Z")

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> [@Xavier](#):
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> hi guys, i want to create a text field in a movie clip where the text field can get 5 different letters from an array. I mean that when the movie appears it will have an random letter on it each time, how do i get the letters from the array?

Hi

myArr = [“a”, “b”, “c”, “d”]  
this.createTextField(“myText”, 1, 10, 10, 50, 20);  
myText.text = myArr[random(myArr.length)];

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aShIsH

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 7:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-textfield/64801/3 "2004-09-20T07:33:25Z")

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erm… ashish how can i make all 4 of them appear but in random positions? i tried yours and i got duplicates. thx

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 1:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-textfield/64801/4 "2004-09-21T01:01:37Z")

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help anyone?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 3:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-textfield/64801/5 "2004-09-21T03:06:17Z")

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see the attachment

```auto

letters = new Array("a", "b", "c", "d","e","f");
word = new Array(); //New Array to hold the shuffled values
randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random()*letters.length); //generate a random value
for (i=letters.length; i>0; i--) {
 if (word[i-1] == null) {
  if (word[i-1] != randomNumber) {
   word[i-1] = letters[randomNumber];
   letters.splice(randomNumber, 1);
  }
  randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random()*letters.length);
 }
}
trace(word);
trace(letters);
_root.a.text = word[0];
_root.b.text = word[1];
_root.c.text = word[2];
_root.d.text = word[3];
_root.e.text = word[4];
_root.f.text = word[5];

```

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 9:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-textfield/64801/6 "2004-09-21T09:09:10Z")

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thx alot nishanthe

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 9:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-textfield/64801/7 "2004-09-21T09:17:30Z")

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:)…