# Little Math Problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/little-math-problem/220149>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 23, 2007, 5:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/little-math-problem/220149 "2007-03-23T05:16:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jehuty911](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3e96dc/32.png) [@Jehuty911](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jehuty911)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 5:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/little-math-problem/220149/1 "2007-03-23T05:16:06Z")

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hey guys im trying to get this crazy line drawing thing to not go from a curved line to a straight line when its trying to hit its target. i want to keep it curved when it hits the target. Is there anyone who can help? here’s the script:

download the file to see what i am talking about.

var x = 300;  
var y = 50;  
var boo=this  
cliparray=[]  
for (var i = 0; i\<5; i++) {  
var clop = attachMovie(“t”, “t”+i, i+100);  
clop.\_x = 200+x;  
clop.\_y = i\*clop.\_height+y;  
clop.mytext.text = "target "+i;  
cliparray.push(clop)  
}  
delete i;  
function myfunction(a) {

```
for (var i = 0; i&lt;a.length; i++) {
    var clip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("paper"+i, i);
    clip._x = x;
    clip._y = y;
    var clap = clip.createEmptyMovieClip("mc", 1);
    clap.ivar =i
    clap.a=a
    clap.startx =0
    clap.starty =0
    clap.vely = Math.random()/7;
    clap.velx = Math.random()/7;
    clap.cc = 100+random(45);
    clap.anglex = 0;
    clap.angley = 0;
    clap.targetx = a*._x-x;
    clap.targety = a*._y-y;
    clap.count = random(20);
    clap.onEnterFrame = move;
    clip.onEnterFrame = draw;
}

```

}  
//amount of lines and target number  
myarray1 = [this[“t”+0], this[“t”+0], this[“t”+0], this[“t”+0]];  
myarray2 = [this[“t”+7], this[“t”+8], this[“t”+9]];  
myarray3 = [this[“t”+2], this[“t”+3], this[“t”+4], this[“t”+5], this[“t”+6], this[“t”+8], this[“t”+9]];  
for(var i=1;i\<4;i++){  
this[“btn”+i].ivar = i  
this[“btn”+i].onPress=mypress  
}  
function mypress(){  
for(var obj in cliparray){  
cliparray[obj].gotoAndStop(1)  
}  
myfunction(boo[“myarray”+this.ivar])  
}

function move() {  
this.\_x = Math.sin(this.angleX += this.velx)\*this.cc+this.startx;  
this.\_y = Math.sin(this.angleY += this.vely)_this.cc+this.starty;  
this.count++;  
if (this.count\>=100) {  
this.onEnterFrame = gettarget;  
}  
}  
function gettarget() {  
this.\_x += (this.targetx-this.\_x)/1.5;  
this.\_y += Math.sin(this.angle)_(this.targety-this.\_y)/1.5;  
this.angle += (360-this.angle);  
if (Math.abs(this.targetx-this.\_x)\<3) {  
this.\_x = this.targetx;  
this.\_y = this.targety;  
delete this.onEnterFrame;  
this.a[this.ivar].gotoAndStop(2)  
this.\_parent.onEnterFrame = fade;  
}  
}  
function fade() {  
this.\_alpha -= 5;  
if (this.\_alpha\<0) {  
this.removeMovieclip();  
}  
}  
function draw() {  
[//this.clear](https://this.clear)()  
this.lineStyle(0, 0x97CEF7, 100);  
this.lineTo(this.mc.\_x, this.mc.\_y);  
}