for loop, whats wrong?

[styleBunny]

im a bit rusty at flash, so here goes.

on (release) {
for (x=0; x<5 ; x=x+1) {
_root.ball._x = random(500);
_root.ball._y = random(400);
}
}

i want to use this loop so that my ball movie does 5 random location changes then stops, at the moment it does 1 random for each click, and doesnt stop at 5. plz help

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[oldnewbie]

It's doing it alright, just displayed too fast for you to see! Maybe stick in a pause in your loop!

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[styleBunny]

lol, is there is a pause command that i can insert into this loop?

 

[oldnewbie]

Flash 5 or MX?

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[styleBunny]

its mx.

 

[oldnewbie]

Hold on... Got to test this! Not as fast as my instrutor hero Bill!

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[oldnewbie]

This seems to work fine...

on (release) {
	wait = setInterval(pause,2000); // 2 seconds
	function pause(){
		x++;
		_root.ball._x = random(500);
    	_root.ball._y = random(400);
		if (x >= 5){
			clearInterval(wait);
			x = 0;
		}
	};
}

You can change the pause, by changing the 2000. 5000 would be 5 seconds.
If you count the initial position of the ball, that would make 6 positions total. You can reduce the if statement... if (x >= 5){... down to 4 to have 5 different positions. Or you could set the ball off-stage to start with, thus the first position not visible.



Regards,

 

[styleBunny]

like a dream!

thanks oldnewbs, thanks hero bill!



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[styleBunny]

i notice now that if you double click, the loop goes a little haywire and keeps on repeating.

could this becaused by the type of loop being used?

p.

 

[styleBunny]

this works.

on (release) {
wait = setInterval(pause, 40);
// waits 0.4 seconds
function pause() {
for (y=0; y<5; y++) {
_root.slider2._x = random(_root.targX+150);
_root.slider2._alpha = random(50);
_root.slider._x = random(_root.targX+150);
_root.slider_alpha = random(50);
clearInterval(wait);
}
_root.slider2._alpha = 20;
}
}

hi-5 anyone?
p.