Weighted Random Number

[Roger Guay]

Hello Scott,

This is exactly the kind of distribution I want. You solved my problem and you managed to make a piece of art in the process. You are so clever!!

Thanks and cheers,
Roger


On Mar 4, 2013, at 2:11 AM, Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:

> I'm still a bit unclear about the result you want, but thinking about it
> more, I'd guess you want something like a radial orientation of objects
> centered on the card.  I'm pretty sure you'd need a logarithmic function
> for this, and while I'm not hip to the right way to do it, I cobbled
> together an option for fun that seems to come close (via your message box):
> go url "http://www.tactilemedia.com/download/random_position.livecode"
> 
> Pressing the button creates 200 graphics of random
> shape/size/translucency, and
> positions them radially near the center of the card.  For me, this looks
> acceptable (and like modern art), but as I said, it may not be the result
> you're looking for.  You can play with the randomCardPosition function to
> change the results.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, UX Design
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 3/3/13 6:14 PM, "Roger Guay" <irog at mac.com> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks, Scott. I'm not sure I follow what you're saying, so let me expand
>> on what I'm trying to do: I want a number (25 to 200) of objects randomly
>> positioned on the stack/window but favoring the center of the
>> stack/window. Would your described method do this for me? Sorry for being
>> slow...
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Roger
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 3, 2013, at 7:03 PM, Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> There may be a better mathematical method, but I suppose I would start
>>> with the loc of the screen and add some small random offsets to the loc.
>>> Then at random times when the loc is calculated, I would add some major
>>> offsets to the center loc.  In this way, the center loc is always
>>> favored.
>>> Of course, I don't know how you're going about the calcs, so this may
>>> not
>>> work for your situation.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Scott Rossi
>>> Creative Director
>>> Tactile Media, UX Design
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 3/3/13 5:46 PM, "Roger Guay" <irog at mac.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I suspect this is easy, but I'm not coming up with anything. Can anyone
>>>> tell me how to get weighted random numbers in LC? Say I want to
>>>> position
>>>> something on the screen randomly but favor the center of the screen.
>>>> Any
>>>> ideas?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Roger
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