[Javascript] Random file on page load... or at least that was the idea :(

Harry Love hlove at u.washington.edu
Thu Oct 17 13:31:50 CDT 2002


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len = movies.length;
today=new Date();
today=today.getTime()/10;
temp_number=today%len;
rnd = Math.round(temp_number); 

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Thomas, a quick question for you: are you looking for a random number,
or a number based on the time of day?

If you want a random number (to pick a random file from your array), try
this:

// replace all of this
len = movies.length;
today=new Date();
today=today.getTime()/10;
temp_number=today%len;
rnd = Math.round(temp_number);

// with this one line
rnd = (Math.floor(Math.random() * movies.length));


Regards,
Harry




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