[SOLVED] Help with program please (Random Generator Help needed)

[Zebra]

Hey. Here is my problem. I know how to asks a user for their first and last name. But, I can't get it to where it randomly generates one letter from the first name and the last name. The letter that is randomly selected from each name then becomes the first letter in that name (first or last).

Example:

Say I input my name.

John Doe

and it random selects the "O" from the first name and the "E" from the last name.

Output = Ojhn Eod.




...So bascially my only request is to get the code for the random generator to do this tasks. Hope you can help!

[Zosden]

Look at the Random class in the API. Then you just tell the String to take that character position in the string to be removed and the add it to the beginning.

[hardwired]

Code:

import java.util.*;

public class RandomLetter {
    static Random seed = new Random();

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
        do {
            System.out.print(" enter first name ");
            String first = scanner.nextLine();
            System.out.print(" enter last name ");
            String last = scanner.nextLine();
            System.out.printf("first = %s  last = %s%n", first, last);
            String alterFirst = alter(first);
            String alterLast = alter(last);
            System.out.printf("alterFirst = %s  alterLast = %s%n",
                               alterFirst, alterLast);
            System.out.println("\"x\" & enter to quit, else enter");
        } while(!scanner.nextLine().trim().toLowerCase().equals("x"));
        scanner.close();
    }

    private static String alter(String in) {
        int index = seed.nextInt(in.length());
        String letter = String.valueOf(in.charAt(index));
        int end = in.length();
        return letter + in.substring(0, index) + in.substring(index+1, end);
    }
}

[Zebra]

Hardwired, thank you very much!

It is greatly appreciated.

+rep.