From: "David Torno" Received: from jax4mhob01.myregisteredsite.com ([64.69.218.81] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.0) with ESMTPS id 7435624 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 14 Sep 2019 20:45:01 +0200 Received: from mailpod.hostingplatform.com (atl4qobmail01pod0.registeredsite.com [10.30.71.203]) by jax4mhob01.myregisteredsite.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id x8EIlnDq028807 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Sat, 14 Sep 2019 14:47:49 -0400 Received: (qmail 2426 invoked by uid 0); 14 Sep 2019 18:47:49 -0000 X-TCPREMOTEIP: 137.25.60.152 X-Authenticated-UID: torno@sydefxink.com Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.0.1.6?) (torno@sydefxink.com@137.25.60.152) by 0 with ESMTPA; 14 Sep 2019 18:47:49 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 11:47:47 -0700 Subject: Re: [AE] long string of random nimbers Message-Id: <7757D65C-DF7F-4242-A61E-87A3E0F218C2@sydefxink.com> References: In-Reply-To: To: After Effects Mail List X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (16G77) You are better off making a string of numbers instead of an actual number th= at will naturally hit limits as you=E2=80=99ve found. If you want random then this should work... //=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2= =80=94=E2=80=94 var n =3D [=E2=80=9C0=E2=80=9D,=E2=80=9D1=E2=80=9D,=E2=80=9D2=E2=80=9D,=E2=80= =9D3=E2=80=9D,=E2=80=9D4=E2=80=9D,=E2=80=9D5=E2=80=9D,=E2=80=9D6=E2=80=9D,=E2= =80=9D7=E2=80=9D,=E2=80=9D8=E2=80=9D,=E2=80=9D9=E2=80=9D]; var nLen =3D n.length-1; var len =3D 100; //Length of final number var result =3D =E2=80=9C=E2=80=9D; for(var i=3D0; i <=3D len; i++){ result +=3D n[Math.random(0, nLen)]; } result; //=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2= =80=94=E2=80=94 My random syntax might be off, but give that a try. David Torno 818.391.6060 -------------------- https://vimeo.com/davidtorno (experiments & breakdowns) https://gumroad.com/davidtorno (products for sale) http://provideocoalition.com/author/dtorno (tutorials) "The most useless day is that in which we do not laugh" -Charles Field > On Sep 14, 2019, at 10:09 AM, Jim Curtis wrote: >=20 > I=E2=80=99ve entered this expression on my Source Text applied to =E2=80=9C= 999999999999=E2=80=9D. >=20 > Math.round(random(99999999999999999999999999999999999999)*99999999999) >=20 > At a certain point, Ae returns an exponential value, like =E2=80=9C...9999= 9e +48=E2=80=9D >=20 > What I=E2=80=99m trying to get is a really loooooonnng string of animating= random numbers with no decimal points. >=20 > What am I doing wrong? I=E2=80=99m an expression dummy. > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to >=20