Aha! Thanks Danny, this will work really well! Cheers :)
On 8/30/06 4:15 PM, "Danny Kodicek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Hi, this problem was raised in 2002 and sort of solved by Jon
>> Bradley (code
>> below) but not quite the way I need.
>>
>> What I¹m after is a function that divides a defined area into n
>> equal parts
>> and places a clip in each part to achieve even distribution throughout the
>> area. Jon Bradley¹s solution below does this for only the x, y or
>> diagonally
>> across both not throughout the whole area...
>>
>> The math involved is beyond me I¹m afraid. Any ideas? Any help much
>> appreciated. Thanks!
>
> This came up a while ago. If you're happy with a solution that includes some
> blank space (otherwise your regions can't be rectangular), try this code (it
> includes some test code so you can just throw it into a movie with a
> movieclip linked as 'square' and run to see the effect). I don't recall who
> else it was that refined this code with me, so apologies for not giving due
> credit:
>
> function computeLargestSquareSizeAndLayout(width:Number, height:Number,
> Nsquares:Number):Object {
> if (width<height) {
> var cols:Number = 1;
> var rows:Number = Math.floor(height/width);
> } else {
> var rows:Number = 1;
> var cols:Number = Math.floor(width/height);
> }
> //var cols:Number = 1;
> //var rows:Number = 1;
> var swidth:Number = width;
> var sheight:Number = height;
> var next_swidth:Number = width/(cols+1);
> var next_sheight:Number = height/(rows+1);
> while (true) {
> if (cols*rows>=Nsquares) {
> var squareSize:Number = Math.min(swidth,
> sheight);
> var posArray = [];
> var count = 0;
> for (var j = 0; j<rows; j++) {
> ypos = j*squareSize;
> for (var k = 0; k<cols; k++) {
> xpos = k*squareSize;
> if (count<Nsquares) {
> posArray.push({x:xpos,
> y:ypos});
> count++;
> }
> }
> }
> return {squareSize:squareSize, cols:cols,
> rows:rows, number:Nsquares, layout:posArray};
> }
> if (next_swidth>=next_sheight) {
> cols++;
> swidth = next_swidth;
> next_swidth = width/(cols+1);
> } else {
> rows++;
> sheight = next_sheight;
> next_sheight = height/(rows+1);
> }
> }
> }
> function drawLayout(lobj) {
> var holder = this.createEmptyMovieClip("holder", 1);
> var squareSize = lobj.squareSize;
> var cols = lobj.cols;
> var rows = lobj.rows;
> var number = lobj.number;
> var layout = lobj.layout;
> for (var j = 0; j<number; j++) {
> var sqr = holder.attachMovie("square", "square"+j, j+1);
> sqr._x = layout[j].x;
> sqr._y = layout[j].y;
> sqr._xscale = sqr._yscale=squareSize;
> }
> }
> n=0
> iterate=function(){
> drawLayout(computeLargestSquareSizeAndLayout(640, 480, n++));
> }
> onEnterFrame=iterate
>
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