FLASH AS3 RANDOM text No repeatation.

[Angelo-Asterisk]

hi,, a new member here, am just starting to learn adobe flash..I have heard some people saying "stop learning it, it's outdated," but I would like to try it first.. I have been making a simple code in ACTIONSCRIPT3, what it does is that it generates a random name from list of array if the Button generate is clicked, It works just fine however I am having a hard time on how can I restrict it from Generating Repeated Name.NO REPEATED NAMES MUST BE GENERATED. THank you and advance, I appreciate any help I could get.

My code goes this way.
[B]import flash.events.MouseEvent;


var names:Array = ["nameA","nameB","nameC","nameD"];

generate.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,generat eName);
function generateName(event:MouseEvent): void{

var randomSurname= names[int(Math.random() * names.length)];
result.text=randomSurname.toString();

}[/COLOR][/B]

[AS3.0]

Hi, first of all flash air has had a lot of recent updates actually, here is my script:

once all have been used you get a trace that warns you that the collector array is full.

import flash.events.MouseEvent; 
var names:Array = ["nameA","nameB","nameC","nameD"]; 
var collected_names=[]; 
addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,mc); 
function mc(e:*){ 
if(e.target.name=="generate"){ 
generateName() 
} 
} 
var fails=0; 
function generateName(){ 
if(collected_names.indexOf(names[randomRange(0,names.length-1)])==-1){ 
collected_names.push(names[randomRange(0,names.length-1)]) 
result.text=names[randomRange(0,names.length-1)] 
fails=0; 
}else if(fails++<names.length*names.length&&collected_names.length!=names.length){ 
generateName() 
}else if(fails>names.length*names.length&&collected_names.length!=names.length){ 
setTimeout(generateName,20);
}else if(collected_names.length==names.length){
trace("all names have been used") 
} 
} 
  
function randomRange(minNum:Number,maxNum:Number):Number{ 
return(Math.floor(Math.random()*(maxNum - minNum + 1))+minNum); 
} 

[AS3.0]

this one is better, the one above I messed up:

import flash.events.MouseEvent; 
var names:Array = ["nameA","nameB","nameC","nameD"]; 
var collected_names=[]; 
addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,mc);
function mc(e:*){ 
if(e.target.name=="generate"&&e.target.enabled){ 
e.target.enabled=false
generateName();
} 
} 

var fails=0; 
var temp
function generateName(){ 
temp=names[randomRange(0,names.length-1)]
if(collected_names.indexOf(temp)==-1&&collected_names.length!=names.length){ 
generate.enabled=true
collected_names.push(temp) 
result.text=temp
fails=0; 
trace(collected_names)
}else if(fails++<names.length*names.length&&collected_names.length!=names.length){ 
generateName() 
}else if(fails>names.length*names.length&&collected_names.length!=names.length){ 
setTimeout(generateName,20);
}else if(collected_names.length==names.length){
generate.enabled=true
trace("all names have been used") 
} 
} 
  
function randomRange(minNum:Number,maxNum:Number):Number{ 
return(Math.floor(Math.random()*(maxNum - minNum + 1))+minNum); 
} 

[fruitbeard]

Hi,

You can just use a simple splice method so you dont get the same name twice.

CS6 File

[fruitbeard]

Hi,

Here is the code, you might be better off just using the fla attached previously.

var nameArray:Array = new Array("Anne","Bella","Bob","Clara","Joe","Rick","Rebecca","Trevor","Tony");

var copyArray:Array = nameArray.concat();//--- duplicate original array as to preserve its data.
var storeArray:Array = new Array();

var selectName:String;
var selectNumber:Number;

nameButton.buttonMode = true;

trace("Original array : " + nameArray);
trace("Copy array : " + copyArray);

function clickHandler(e:MouseEvent):void
{
    e.currentTarget.gotoAndPlay("click");

    if (copyArray.length < 1)
    {
        trace("Names all used");
        //--- Trace order of names picked.
        trace("Name pick order : " + storeArray);

        return;
    }
    else
    {
        selectNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * copyArray.length);
        selectName = copyArray[selectNumber];

        storeArray.push(selectName);

        copyArray.splice(selectNumber,1);

        nameBox.text = selectName;
    }
}

nameButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, clickHandler); 

[Angelo-Asterisk]

Wow.. Thank you very much, Different approach but yields with the same outcome. ,how could I add music to it? It would play a sound every time a random name would be generated.. Any tips I sound do.. I tried adding sound in my button.
var mysound:MySound = new failedplay();
mysound.play();
but an error keeps on appearing.. Scene 1, Layer 'Script', Frame 1, Line 41 1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: MySound.
What does this mean, Thank you