# Working with lots of random numbers (external txt file, x and y positions, etc.)

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/working-with-lots-of-random-numbers-external-txt-file-x-and-y-positions-etc/269752
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [September 1, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/working-with-lots-of-random-numbers-external-txt-file-x-and-y-positions-etc/269752 "2008-09-01T03:36:22Z")
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### Author: ![morrowasted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@morrowasted](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/morrowasted)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/working-with-lots-of-random-numbers-external-txt-file-x-and-y-positions-etc/269752/1 "2008-09-01T03:36:22Z")

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Okay so I have a flash cs3 project I am working on. I am very new to the whole thing, especially to working with Actionscript. Essentially what I want to achieve is this: I have a text file full of quotes- I want to randomly load a quote from the file, say, every 100 frames, have it appear at a random position, fading in over the course of 25 frames, remaning for fifty frames, and fading out over the course of 25 frames. I have found a few things that load from a text file into a text field whenever a button is pressed, but my knowledge is too limited to manipulate that code into what I want. Any help?