choose randomly

[mohammed alsaqqal]

im trying to chose randomly from my array 

 

var balls = game.add.group();
    balls.enableBody = true;
      
 var l = ['greenb1' , 'greenb2' ,'greenb3' ,'greenb4' , 'redb1' ,'redb2' , 'blueb2', 'blueb2' , 'blueb3' ,'blueb4' , 'yellowb1' , 'yellowb2' , 'orangeb1' ,'orangeb2'] ;
for(var i = 0 ; i<(10 + Math.random() * 40) ; i++){

var s = aliens.create(game.world.randomX, game.world.randomY, l[Math.floor(Math.random() * myShows.length)]);

        s.name = 'ball' + s;
        s.body.collideWorldBounds = false;
        s.body.bounce.setTo(1, 1);
        s.body.velocity.setTo(10 + Math.random() * 40, 10 + Math.random() * 40);
     

      
}

[Yacob]

What's the problem exactly? Do you not know how to pick randomly from an array? I'm not sure what you're trying to do with the whole (10 + Math.random() * 40) operation. The simplest thing to do as far as getting a random array index would be to write "var index = Math.floor(Math.random() * myArray.length);".

[chg]

4 hours ago, mohammed alsaqqal said:

for(var i = 0 ; i<(10 + Math.random() * 40) ; i++){

Move the computation out of the for loop's comparison, as Math.random() will pick a different random number each time the loop iterates and the comparison is made.

[Trissolo]

http://phaser.io/docs/2.4.6/Phaser.ArrayUtils.html#.getRandomItem

var s = aliens.create(
		      game.world.randomX,
		      game.world.randomY,
		      Phaser.ArrayUtils.getRandomItem(l) // ...et voilà!
		     );