Random Images
I reformatted this page after class to make it easier to read.
Also, added the PHP code which at first I had decided to hide until after you completed your assignment for next class
(JM, 10/5/06)
 
In PHP
(from the Music Department Web site)
Jazz Faculty Concert, September 2004
The image names are actually numbers (1.jpg, 2.jpg, etc.)
JavaScript
(from the Post Theatre Company Web site)
Again, the image names are numbers, this time with a lowercase "L" attached to the name (1l.jpg, 2l.jpg, etc.)
(To tell you the truth, I don't remember why I attached the "l" -- probably to signify "large" )
ActionScript in Flash
(from my Post Web site)
In the Actionscript example, the movie names are stored in an array.
So, after generating a random number, the movie name is read from the array
using the random number as "pointer", i.e. index into the array.
(This method is not as efficient as the number-naming system used in the PHP and Javascript examples)