Sometimes in Actionscript you need an easy way to jumble elements of an array or string, such as for a card/word game. I created this simple little as3 class that you can use for just that:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | // Usage: // yourNewString = Jumble.string(yourOldString); // yourNewArray = Jumble.array(yourOldArray); package com.frigidfish{ public class Jumble { public function Jumble() {} public static function string(s:String):String { var a:Array = s.split(""); var r:String = ""; a = a.sort(randomize); for(var i=0;i<a.length;i++){ r += a[i]; } return r; } public static function array(a:Array):Array { a = a.sort(randomize); return a; } private static function randomize(objA:Object, objB:Object):int { return Math.round(Math.random()*2)-1; } } } |
Usage:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 | import com.frigidfish.Jumble; var string:String = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"; var array:Array = ["a","b","c","d","e","f","g","e"]; trace(Jumble.string(string)); trace(Jumble.array(array)); /* possible output: zvepdtnhijylarowksqfuxgcbm e,c,e,d,a,f,g,b */ |
This is a useful couple of tools.. Maybe you could add functions to return the output in different formats? Above all, have fun with Flash Actionscript 3!
