anyway to make my script count itself?

[grendel54]

i have a js script that i am using...however i have to go in and edit the number everytime counting up from 0 to say 300...is there anyway to make the script count itself? the number in question is the number after the randomlinks[#]...

var randomlinks=new Array()
 
randomlinks[1]='<a href="[site]" target="_blank"><img alt="..." src="[img]" style="border: 1px solid #BCBCBC"  width="200" height="150"></a>'
randomlinks[2]='<a href="[site]" target="_blank"><img alt="..." src="[img]" style="border: 1px solid #BCBCBC"  width="200" height="150"></a>'
randomlinks[3]='<a href="[site]" target="_blank"><img alt="..." src="[img]" style="border: 1px solid #BCBCBC"  width="200" height="150"></a>'
randomlinks[4]='<a href="[site]" target="_blank"><img alt="..." src="[img]" style="border: 1px solid #BCBCBC"  width="200" height="150"></a>'
...

function randomlink(){
var add = randomlinks[Math.floor(Math.random()*randomlinks.length)]
return(add)
}

[clueful]

I can't quite fathom what you're asking. Are you saying periodically you need to add elements to the array but don't want to add an index [n] to each one? If so that's easy, but I suspect this code can be simplified a lot further, especially if the only values that vary are href and src.

[grendel54]

if you can simplify the code by all means...i get code from a dump that allows me to put this code in...

randomlinks[0]='<a href="[site]" target="_blank"><img alt="..." src="[img]" style="border: 1px solid #BCBCBC" width="200" height="150"></a>'

the dump can automatically put in the [site], [img], and alt description. I then copy and paste the code into my js script, however i need the radomlinks[0] to count from 0...300...is there anyway to do this?

[jscheuer1]

What dump? Can't it generate the numbers? If so, let it. If not, see if you can make it work like so:

var randomlinks = [
 
'<a href="[site]" target="_blank"><img alt="..." src="[img]" style="border: 1px solid #BCBCBC"  width="200" height="150"></a>',
'<a href="[site]" target="_blank"><img alt="..." src="[img]" style="border: 1px solid #BCBCBC"  width="200" height="150"></a>',
'<a href="[site]" target="_blank"><img alt="..." src="[img]" style="border: 1px solid #BCBCBC"  width="200" height="150"></a>',
'<a href="[site]" target="_blank"><img alt="..." src="[img]" style="border: 1px solid #BCBCBC"  width="200" height="150"></a>'

];

That's just another way of writing an array, no numbers required though. Once it's written, it's length property will be the same as it would have been if each line were numbered, and running:

function randomlink(){
var add = randomlinks[Math.floor(Math.random()*randomlinks.length)]
return(add)
}

will produce the same sort of result it did before.

[grendel54]

worked! great thank you...you just saved me a lot of time...

another question...

using this same code is there anyway to make sure that my links are not repeated?

var randomlinks = [
 
'<a href="[site]" target="_blank"><img alt="..." src="[img]" style="border: 1px solid #BCBCBC"  width="200" height="150"></a>',
'<a href="[site]" target="_blank"><img alt="..." src="[img]" style="border: 1px solid #BCBCBC"  width="200" height="150"></a>',
'<a href="[site]" target="_blank"><img alt="..." src="[img]" style="border: 1px solid #BCBCBC"  width="200" height="150"></a>',
'<a href="[site]" target="_blank"><img alt="..." src="[img]" style="border: 1px solid #BCBCBC"  width="200" height="150"></a>'

];


function randomlink(){
var add = randomlinks[Math.floor(Math.random()*randomlinks.length)]
return(add)
}

this is the code embedded in the html file...

<tr>
<td><script>document.write( randomlink() );</script></td>
<td><script>document.write( randomlink() );</script></td>
<td><script>document.write( randomlink() );</script></td>
<td><script>document.write( randomlink() );</script></td>
</tr>

[clueful]

another question...

using this same code is there anyway to make sure that my links are not repeated?

Replace your randomlink function with this:

function randomlink()
{
  return randomlinks.splice( Math.floor( Math.random() * randomlinks.length ), 1 )[ 0 ];   
}

To make it even easier to maintain, you could call it like this (Once only)

<script>

while( randomlinks.length )
  randomlink();

</script>

[grendel54]

Replace your randomlink function with this:

function randomlink()
{
  return randomlinks.splice( Math.floor( Math.random() * randomlinks.length ), 1 )[ 0 ];   
}

I used this code ^^^^ and it worked great...thank you.

To make it even easier to maintain, you could call it like this (Once only)

<script>

while( randomlinks.length )
  randomlink();

</script>

unfortunately i cannot use this one as it pulls 36 links from a list of 300.

i will use this code on a different script though...thanks!

[jscheuer1]

var numlinks = -1;
while(++numlinks < 36){
	randomlink(); //or whatever you need to do to write them to the page
}

[grendel54]

the values that vary are the href the src and the alt tags

[grendel54]

var numlinks = -1;
while(++numlinks < 36){
	randomlink(); //or whatever you need to do to write them to the page
}

This code worked great...thank you guys so much

so this is what it looked like in the end...

JS FILE...

var randomlinks = [

'<a href="http://[site]">[description]</a><br>',
'<a href="http://[site]">[description]</a><br>',
'<a href="http://[site]">[description]</a><br>',
'<a href="http://[site]">[description]</a><br>'

];

function randomlink()
{
  return randomlinks.splice( Math.floor( Math.random() * randomlinks.length ), 1 )[ 0 ];   
}

HTML CODE...

<script>

var numlinks = -1;
while(++numlinks < 36){
	document.write( randomlink() );
}

</script>

and all i have to do is keep adding links to my js script!


now i need to create a code that changes the links on a daily basis instead of when the page reloads...
anyone?