random code help

[peter1983]

hi, i hope that im doing this in the right forum, i am making an educational game for a school assignment and i am in desperate need of coding help, and general flash help.

im preety new to flash, i have no diffuculty creating good looking images and animation them and stuff but i have little to no idea on how to do the coding which needs to be done. i need a code which would display a random addition equation using numbers between 1-12 and then have the veiwer put in the answer, if correct add 1 to score and play one of 5 right answer animations, if wrong play one of 5 wrong answer animations.

i hope this makes sense and i would really appreciate help with it!
thanks for ur time.

[bigBen]

ok. you'll need 2 dynamic txt fields & 1 input field...

name the 2 dynamic fields;
value1
value2
name the input txt;
answer

place all 3 text fields inside a MC. have the following code on the MC instance (not the MC timeline);

onClipEvent(load){
value1 = Math.floor(Math.random(12))+1;
value2 = Math.floor(Math.random(12))+1;
}

make a button to submit the answer inside the MC, with the following code;

on(release){
if(answer == value1 + value2){
_root.score ++;
//make the answer animation play
}else{
//make the wrong answer play
}
}

Basically the clipevent will assign a random number between 1-12 to both dynamic clips whenever the MC is on a new keyframe.
The button code checks the value of answer is the same value1 & value2. If right adds 1 to a varible on the root timeline called score.
Depending on how the answer animations are set up in yr movie you shouldn't have too much problem playing a random one. (after all, we cant spoonfeed you everything)

hope this helps. Happy Flashing!!!

[Miitchell]

Try this, though I will advise you to actually give your problem a try or at least try and break it into small chunks before posting it. asking for a entire thing at once will generally get you no replies.


This code should go on the first frame of your main timeline:

var a,b;
var score = 0;

function makeProblem(){
   a = Math.ceil(Math.random()*12);
   b = Math.ceil(Math.random()*12);

   problem = a + " + " + b + " = ";
}

function checkAnswer(){
   //they got it right
   if(answer == (a+b)){
      score++;
      answer = "";
      rightAnimations.gotoAndStop(Math.ceil(Math.random()*5));
      makeProblem();
   //they got it wrong
   }else{
      wrongAnimations.gotoAndStop(Math.ceil(Math.random()*5));
   }
}

makeProblem();

this will require you to have a dynamic text field representing the variable "problem" followed by a input text field representing the variable "answer". with a dynamic text field somewhere on the stage representing the variable "score". and finally you need a button on the stage with the following code:

on(release){
   checkAnswer();
}

Now this also assumes that you have your wrong and right animations in seperate movieclips. each having five frames and on each frame a movieclip with a different wrong/right animation.

I hope this can work out for you. If you need any help on the whole dynamic/input text field read the some of the flash help, or something. I am 100% sure you can figure the rest out.

well looks like someone has already answered but here is mine anyway

Have fun,

Miitchell

[peter1983]

thanks!