# XML Random
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-random/116673
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [July 20, 2004, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-random/116673 "2004-07-20T14:47:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@rlLife](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rlLife)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2004, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-random/116673/1 "2004-07-20T14:47:16Z")
I know how to pull a random swf with actionscript. by doing this:
```auto
choice = Math.round(Math.random()*6);
switch (choice) {
case 0 :
location.loadMovie("image0.swf");
break;
case 1 :
location.loadMovie("image1.swf");
break;
case 2 :
location.loadMovie("image2.swf");
break;
case 3 :
location.loadMovie("image3.swf");
break;
case 4 :
location.loadMovie("image4.swf");
break;
case 5 :
location.loadMovie("image5.swf");
break;
}
```
But what i want to do is have an xml file that will load up a random jpg into a movie clip in flash. How hard is this to do? I dont want to have to use the solution listed above.
Also i know that i could do this with an array but i have like 150 jpgs so it would be a crazy lot of actionscript and i think that might slow down the movie
rL :ch:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-random/116673/2 "2004-07-20T15:14:23Z")
> [@rlLife](#):
>
> I know how to pull a random swf with actionscript. by doing this:
>
> ```auto
> choice = Math.round(Math.random()*6);
> switch (choice) {
> case 0 :
> location.loadMovie("image0.swf");
> break;
> case 1 :
> location.loadMovie("image1.swf");
> break;
> case 2 :
> location.loadMovie("image2.swf");
> break;
> case 3 :
> location.loadMovie("image3.swf");
> break;
> case 4 :
> location.loadMovie("image4.swf");
> break;
> case 5 :
> location.loadMovie("image5.swf");
> break;
> }
>
> ```
>
> But what i want to do is have an xml file that will load up a random jpg into a movie clip in flash. How hard is this to do? I dont want to have to use the solution listed above.
>
> Also i know that i could do this with an array but i have like 150 jpgs so it would be a crazy lot of actionscript and i think that might slow down the movie
>
> rL :ch:
That’s unlikely, as an XML doc with 150 childnodes takes up significantly more memory than a simple array with 150 elements 😉
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2004, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-random/116673/3 "2004-07-20T15:21:13Z")
ok yeah i guess i didnt think of the fact that the whole xml doc would have to load as well. so you think i should just go for the array. is there any other way to do it without having to list all of the differnt jpgs in the array. i am only thinking this out because if the client wants to add more later then i dont have to mess with the flash file they could just drop the photos in.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-random/116673/4 "2004-07-20T19:20:36Z")
I don’t really know but why don’t you try to name the jpegs 1 to 150 and make a random selection, no array and no switch. Just create an empty movie clip and load the jpg directly. I don’t know if I’m explaning myself.
Here’s the code:
movieClip.loadMovie(randomNumber+".jpg");
Hope this helps
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-random/116673/5 "2004-07-20T19:35:57Z")
that is what i ended up doing. i searched around and learned that this was possible. sorry i should have posted that i worked it out. thanks for your help