> Okay, do you want a solution that satisfies both of those equations
together or
> separately? I'm trying both, and it looks like this: I made a small
circle
> movieclip with instance name "dot", dragged it from the library to a spot
> offstage. Then, on the main timeline I put this:
> stop();
> startX=10;
> startY=10;
> endX=40;
> endY=40;
> for(z=startX;z<=endX;z++){
> for(w=startY;w<=endY;w++){
> duplicateMovieClip("dot","dot"+z,z);
> plotY = sin(z);
> plotX = (z*z+5-w)/-2;
> setProperty(eval("dot"+z),_x,Math.abs(plotX));
> setProperty(eval("dot"+z),_y,Math.abs(plotY));
> }
> }
>
> The above code results in a series of dots going left to right, with more
> space in between them as you look to the right.
>