Hi PaulActually Math.random always return a positive number between 0 and 1 so you can further simplify to:
if (Math.random() < .5) {
bestXPos = i;
}
/Chris Paul Steven wrote:
Thanks Jim. I was curious as I have seen Math.rand() mentioned on various flash forums and even on one of the macromedia / adobe live docs page. But I guess these were just mistakes by people familiar with Java. For my particular need, I have just simplified it to if (Math.abs(Math.random()) < (0.5)) {bestXPos = i; }As I was not sure what exactly the Java code did but realised it simply wanted to implement making a random choice. Thanks Paul -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jim Sent: 03 November 2006 13:17 To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] OT conver java code to flash It is Math.random() sorry. The Math.random() function returns a number between 1 & 0. The Java function that you are using returns a random integer or whole number, I don think there is an upper bound to it. The rest of your function is getting the modulus of the random number which in fact is setting the upper bound to 10000. So to get the same sort of function you will need to set what upper bound you want, I will use 10000 for now. I havnt tested this but it should give a similar result. var intUpperBound :Number = 10000; if(goodness == bestWorst) { numOfEqual++; if(Math.abs(Math.random()*intUpperBound) < (intUpperBound / numOfEqual)) {bestXPos = i;} } Hth Jim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 02 November 2006 23:15 To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] OT conver java code to flash Thanks Jim It is AS2, and the context is below. Btw what is the difference between Math.rand() and Math.random()? // --------------------------------------------------- // If two moves are equally good, make a random choice // --------------------------------------------------- if (goodness == bestWorst) { numOfEqual++; if (Math.abs(rand.nextInt()) % 10000 < (10000 / numOfEqual)) {bestXPos = i;} } -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jim Sent: 02 November 2006 22:50 To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] OT conver java code to flashWhich version of actionscript? And in whats the context?The only thing that dosnt look like it will directlty port over is the rand.nextInt() but you can use Math.rand() the rest is basic maths stuff you can do in actionscript. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 02 November 2006 17:15 To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: [Flashcoders] OT conver java code to flash Not familiar with Java code but trying to rewrite some code in Flash. Anyone convert this line to flash actionscript please if (Math.abs(rand.nextInt()) % 10000 <(10000 / numOfEqual)) bestXPos = i;Thanks Paul _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
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