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Milo
randomly select a word
Jan 19th, 2010, 6:01am  
Hey guys,

I have written a program that creates a piece of artwork using randomly placed lines and randomly selected colours. Now, i want the program to select a random word from a list (possibly a list in a txt doc) and print it to the screen. I know how to select a random word from a selection but i want the list of words to choose from to be at least 100 so it would be easier if i could get the program to select one from a pre-made list.

any ideas?
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blindfish
Re: randomly select a word
Reply #1 - Jan 19th, 2010, 6:19am  
Can't you just put the words into an array (easy enough to do from a textfile using loadStrings (and split() if necessary)) and then use:

Code:
String randomWord = wordsArray[(int)random(wordsArray.length)];
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Where is the what if the what is in why?
 
Milo
Re: randomly select a word
Reply #2 - Jan 19th, 2010, 6:28am  
ok. silly question then how would i create an array from the words?
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Milo
Re: randomly select a word
Reply #3 - Jan 19th, 2010, 6:42am  
its ok iv got it i think...
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