This is AS 2 code I found on the web. Can someone please add comments to it for me explaining what it does, because I have no idea and I want to write something in AS 3 that uses this code (I know it works, because the flash file does exactly what I want it to do, I just need to make adjustments to it).
numOfBalls:Number = 10; //number of Icons it creates
var radiusX:Number = 250; //radius of circle
var radiusY:Number = 75; //radius of circle
var centerX:Number = Stage.width / 2; //center of circle
var centerY:Number = Stage.height / 2; //center of circle
var speed:Number = 0.05; // speed of rotation
for(var i=0;i<numOfBalls;i++)
{
var t = this.attachMovie("ball","b"+i,i+1);
t.angle = i * ((Math.PI*2)/numOfBalls);
t.onEnterFrame = mover;
}
function mover()
{
this._x = Math.cos(this.angle) * radiusX + centerX;
this._y = Math.sin(this.angle) * radiusY + centerY;
var s = this._y /(centerY+radiusY);
this._xscale = this._yscale = s*100;
this.angle += this._parent.speed;
this.swapDepths(Math.round(this._xscale) + 100);
}
this.onMouseMove = function()
{
speed = (this._xmouse-centerX)/1500;
}
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which part of the code in particular is confusing to you?
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The problem is the way functions are written in AS3 vs AS2
What that function does is take the current object, icon I take it, and assigns a new x and y value to it based on a math calculation.
Also sets a rotation and scale to it which is odd. I don't see why it needs it.
Right at the end it does a layer depth adjustment based on the xScale of the object with 100 added to it which would make it current xScale + 100% which makes no sense at all.
Mail the original file to me at maxxis2112 at that gmail place .com
Now I know the true meaning of it too. Please forgive me for being Afrikaans. 
Ugh, and my spelling didn't help either. lol