And here's another version of the code that Buzz just posted. It's a
little more efficient because generates the random list in one pass
using only a single list:
on scrambleText oldStr
list1 = []
-- create a sequence of scrambled numbers
n = oldStr.char.count
repeat with i = 1 to n
addAt(list1, random(i), i)
end repeat
-- re-order the original characters
-- according to the order created above
newStr = ""
repeat with i = 1 to n
newStr = newStr & oldStr.char[list1[i]]
end repeat
return newStr
end
Enjoy,
Irv
At 9:43 AM -0700 10/1/02, Buzz Kettles wrote:
>At 8:53 AM -0500 10/1/02, you wrote:
>>I do have Gary's "lingo for games" book. Nothing in there. I do know
>>how to do a crossword thanks to him though.
>>
>>What I want is the user sees...
>>
>>Rdwo and has to then type in the answer...word.
>>I have several of these to do so I'd like to have something somewhat
>>universal.
>
>here's a movie handler that gets sent a string & returns a scrambled
>version of the same string
>
>on scrambleText oldStr
> list1 = []
> -- create a sequence of numbers
> n = oldStr.char.count
> repeat with i = 1 to n
> list1[i] = i
> end repeat
> -- scramble them
> list2 = []
> repeat with i = 1 to n
> k = list1.count
> pick = random(k)
> list2.append(list1[pick])
> list1.deleteAt(pick)
> end repeat
> -- re-order the original characters
> -- according to the order created above
> newStr = ""
> repeat with i = 1 to n
> newStr = newStr & oldStr.char[list2[i]]
> end repeat
> return newStr
>end
>
>hth
>
>-Buzz
>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Howdy-Tzi
>>Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 2:38 PM
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: Re: <lingo-l> Word scramble game
>>
>>
>>On Monday, September 30, 2002, at 02:05 PM, Sharon Moeller wrote:
>>
>>> Can anybody point me to a tutorial for a word scramble type of
>>>game. I have to do a bunch of them and I am looking for a
>>>universal script
>>> to get them all done quickly.
>>
>>mediamacros.com might be worth a try.
>>
>>What do you mean by "word scramble"? Individual letters? Actual words?
>>
>>
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