questions about random returns, please help!!

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Glenna

questions about random returns, please help!!

in General Discussion • Other • 1 year ago

So I am starting a project that basically pulls out some random letters from A-Z and generates a word(doesn't have to be a real word) everytime you press key. But I have had a hard time starting coding, can anyone help me with some ideas what methods would work best? Thanks!!!

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benja

Re: questions about random returns, please help!!

1 year ago

Hey,

To handle keyEvents, have a look at keyReleased() in the reference.
I think generating characters from ascii-code might be a good solution for your random words. Capital letters have an ascii-value between 65 and 90, you can easily convert integers to char, here is an example as starting-point;

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void setup() {
println(randomString());
}

String randomString() {
// variable to store the string
String word = "";
// random length of the string (5-9 characters)
int l = (int)random(5, 10);
// generate l random letters
for (int i =0; i<l ; i++) {
// append a random letter to the string (ASCII 65-90)
word += (char)floor(random(65, 91));
}
return word;
}