Random Circles

Question

Hello-
I am trying to figure out how to make a random number of
circles appear on a stage I have created and then have them scale x
and y randomly and at different speeds as well. In other words, the
circles would appear in random numbers, in random locations, at
different speeds, and scale up or down in random sizes as well. The
client has asked for circles to appear and disappear to symbolize
"complete chaos". You can see a screenshot of the circles and image
here:
www.malphurs.com/random.jpg
I have found plenty of tutorials on random actionscripts, but
none that mix all of the above: random location, speed, and
scaling.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

initiate a loop (that allows stage updates) where you add a
circle to the stage with some probability p, assign it a radius,
location, speed and scaling parameters all chosen at random between
limits you want and add it to an array.
also in that loop update each circle's properties, check for
circles that should be removed from the stage and your array and
update the stage.
you can use a separate loop to periodically change p and the
other parameter limits, if you want.