Need an answer quick: Random()

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Just a little something:

storage=New array("cookie","box","spoon");
something=storage[Math.floor(Math.random()*storage.length-1)];

would be better if the length of storage changes.

pom :asian:

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Smart Pomā€¦ always thinking.

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Itā€™s Pom, who would expect less:)

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:blushing:

And Lost, Iā€™ve just noticed you have more posts than Upu himself! Now correct me if Iā€™m wrong, Upu, but I donā€™t think this has ever happened to you, has it? Even on the old forums?

pom :stuck_out_tongue:

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Sorry david. Haha, it looks like im truckinā€™ for that 1000 mark:)

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Yes this is true. Our little upstart Lostinbeta has surpassed even my long windedness. Pretty impressive. It probebly happened because Iā€™ve been spending a lot more time working and less socializing over the last two months. I still have so much to do. I get into Flash slumps (as we all do) which last a month or soā€¦ when that happens I do a lot more posting than work. Who knows maybe I can blow him out in October. (I tend to think not thoughā€¦ heā€™s a great asset and one of the reasons I feel I can take the time to work instead of post. :slight_smile: thanks again for that beta)

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Oh great, now I am blushing. Thanks david:)

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OK, as Augustā€™s Pseudo-King of the forum, I designate Lost Septemberā€™s King of the forum. :slight_smile:

pom :asian:

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Wow, now I am blushing even more. I have never been a Pseudo-King before!:slight_smile:

What are my duties as Psuedo-King of the month?

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[SIZE=1]I donā€™t know![/SIZE] But you could, for instance, write a tutorial about an effect you really like. I kinda did that with the perspective thing, even though I canā€™t get it finishedā€¦ :*(

Hereā€™s your mission, Pseudo-King: [SIZE=3]amaze us![/SIZE]

pom :asian:

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Ok, I will work on that tomorrow. For now, I am off to bed, I am not tired, but it is 3:45am so I should be getting to bed.

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Do you have an idea yet? :slight_smile:

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Actually I do have an idea. I think I am going to start simple and do one on easing. I noticed that kirupa doesnā€™t have any tutorials on that, so I figured I could write one up.

I think easing is an important part of AS Motion, it adds a realisitic look, and a lot of people ask how to do that. So, what better than a simple effect that is effective in many ways?

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great idea.

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Thanks, I figured, I get a lot of e-mails asking me how I did my Footer, and all it uses is simple easing with mouse follow! I tell them that a couple people didnā€™t even know what easing was.

It is the very first AS motion thing I learned in Flash (other than _x += 5 of course). I just thought it was important to know easing.

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Cool! I would love to know easing! Canā€™t wait for the tutorial!

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Great idea! By the way, Lost, just for general culture, you can check Robert Pennerā€™s Time-based Easing Equations instead of the regular distance-based equations. That guyā€™s just amazingā€¦

pom :asian:

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Hey Ilyas, I already submitted the tutorials to Kirupa, but I will check out Robert Penners site and see what I can come up with. Maybe I will update the already submitted tutorials.

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Donā€™t worry about that, I donā€™t think it is very useful to put those in the tutorial, even as a reference. Theyā€™re nice, but simply impossible to use :slight_smile:

pom :asian:

Nice tutes by the way. Very clear. I like that.

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Thanks Ilyas, I like your tutorials on perspective too. Very cool.