google has faild me on a simple question.

If I wanted the range of the random numbers for flash to be between 3 to 8, I would rewrite the below actionscript to..?

(random(3)+1)

I'd use: random(6)+3;

g'luck.

The use of random() has been deprecated. You should use Math.random() instead.

Code:

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var someNum:Number = Math.floor( Math.random() * 6 )+3;
trace( someNum );

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Per the documentation on LiveDocs, Math.random() will return a number between [0 and 1), or as they write it, 0 <= n < 1. Which means you can potentially return a zero, but never a 1, and anything in-between. So in the previous code, the maximum value you can get will be 5.999999 and never six. Math.floor() will drop the decimal portion of it, returning a number between 0 and 5, add 3, you get between 3 and 8.

Of course, if you're looking for decimals as well, get rid of the Math.floor() function :)