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Old 07-18-2007, 11:44 PM
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getting a random result
so i want to make a button and when you click it you see a random joke every time, now i know how to shuffle a array but how on earth can you make it that only 1 string gets randomly picked from a list of strings and how do you print it
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Old 07-19-2007, 12:42 AM
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Lets assume that you put your string inside str array. You will implement random selection like this:

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Random rand = new Random(); rand.nextInt(str.length);
Check javadoc of Random class for details.
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thanks for reply but i figured it out
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