[freaksarise]

Hello all. I apologize for the cryptic title of this post but am not sure how to ask.

Allow me to explain:

1. If I needed to create a package, class, constructor function/method that is executed with each instantiation of a movieclip that includes it's link to the class, I am cool.

2. I have four arrays. Each need to have their values shuffled. I developed code that does just that but instead of keying the same block of code over and over, I would like to just say arrayName.shuffle();

I am not sure how to parse an array (which is not an MC/sprite) through a class.

This is what I am using to shuffle an array

Actionscript:

while (ChooseFromCollections.length > 0)
    {
        var rw_randomNumbr:Number = Math.floor(Math.random()*ChooseFromCollections.length);
        chosenCollections.push(ChooseFromCollections[rw_randomNumbr]);
        ChooseFromCollections.splice(rw_randomNumbr,1);
        trace(ChooseFromCollections);
        
    }

In the above I could swap the ChooseFromCollections hardcoded array name with a more dynamic variable that would allow any array to be passed through there.

But if I was passing the array to the above with the udpated dynamic variables, how would I pass it to? It's an array not a movieclip.

I would like to be able to add a new sprite to the stage and with that new sprite have it inherit a bunch of the functions and properties I will need.

This is my worst post over. i am just very confused and my sleeping pill has kicked in. I hope maybe some of this makes sense.

Thanks
Rich

[freaksarise]

I apologize for my incredible confusion in my initial question but here is the answer. I will also post this as a new topic for others to use:

I was simply trying to work with ANY array by sending its values to ONE master function. In this case I have this shuffler I created.

Code:

var rwArray:Array = [1,2,3];
var chosenCollections:Array = new Array;

//pass the NAME of the array to the function

function rwShuffle(passedName:String)
{
	while (this[passedName].length > 0)
	{
	var rw_randomNumbr:Number = Math.floor(Math.random() * this[passedName].length);
	chosenCollections.push(this[passedName][[rw_randomNumbr]]);
	this[passedName].splice(rw_randomNumbr,1);
	
	}//close loop;
}

//Shuffle an array by sending the name of the array as a string
rwShuffle("rwArray");

//test the shuffle function by tracing the array updated within the shuffle function
trace (chosenCollections);

[Scottae]

Why don't you just use the sort method for Array?

Actionscript:

var arr:Array = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9];
function randomSort(item1:*, item2:*):Number {
	return Math.random() > 0.5 ? -1 : 1;
}
trace(arr);
arr = arr.sort(randomSort);
trace(arr);