Flash Actionscript Goodies

Heres a few helpful bits or flash actionscript code to help you on your way with developing dynamic flash content.

Random Number

There are a few ways to generate a random number in flash it all depends on what you need and how your going to do things, heres some examples:

Generate a random number between 0 and 10

variable = Math.random()*10;

Result: variable = 7.967452

Rounding a Random Number

variable = Math.floor(Math.random()*10);

Result: variable = 7

Random Number (Between specific numbers 10-20)

variable = Math.floor(Math.random()*(20-10+1))+10;

Result: variable = 15

Useful Key ASCII/ALT Codes

ENTER

13

BACKSPACE

8

0

48

1

49

2

50

3

51

4

52

5

53

6

54

7

55

8

56

9

57