# programming code using Actionscript 3.0

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**Created:** [July 20, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/programming-code-using-actionscript-3-0/634955 "2016-07-20T00:07:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@Shan1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Shan1)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/programming-code-using-actionscript-3-0/634955/1 "2016-07-20T00:07:08Z")

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can some one guide for programming code for velocity with variable time and distance in Actionscript 3.0

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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/programming-code-using-actionscript-3-0/634955/2 "2016-07-20T00:21:35Z")

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Are you basically looking for a function that divides distance by time? 🤔

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**Author:** ![Shan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@Shan1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Shan1)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/programming-code-using-actionscript-3-0/634955/3 "2016-07-20T01:01:09Z")

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Yes, variables are distance and time. trying on Actionscript 3,0  
Following is not working, getting an error as Velocity is Nan km/hr  
var velocity:Number;  
velocity = distance / time;  
lblOutput.text = “The velocity is: " + velocity.toFixed(1) + " km/h.”;  
var distance:Number;  
var time:Number;

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**Author:** ![krilnon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/krilnon/32/34_2.png) [@krilnon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krilnon)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 3:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/programming-code-using-actionscript-3-0/634955/4 "2016-07-20T03:56:25Z")

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Looks like `time` is 0 or `undefined`, so you’re going to get `NaN` as a result of your division. You’ll need to pick a time value and move that code above the line where you assign to `lblOutput.text`.

Good luck!

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**Author:** ![tbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@tbo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tbo)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/programming-code-using-actionscript-3-0/634955/5 "2016-07-20T13:05:44Z")

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To add to what krilnon said, i now always cast my numbers as 0 to start. I used to get random NAN outputs only to find i had pulled from a number that didnt yet exist.