Re: FLASH: random question

[Randy Kato]

Julie,


The F4 random function returns values starting with 0 (not 1), so you'll want to

add 2 to skip frame 1.


HTH,

Randy



julie gargan wrote:


> I am trying to get an actions script to work where, when the user clicks on

> button it makes a movie clip go to a random frame.  The movie clip (which is

> 12 frames long) starts out with a blank frame, so I don't want it to ever go

> to that frame.  I thought that by putting the random number as 11 + 1 it

> would never end up on the first frame, since if it came up with 1 it would

> add one and make it two.... this is how I have the code:

>

>             Go to and Stop (random (11) + 1)

>

> Unfortunately, sometimes it still brings up the blank frame.  What am I

> doing wrong?


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