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sarah234

in Programming Questions • 1 years ago

I made a program, but it not works fine.

I have a problem:

I want to have a random word that appears a second on the right or left side of the screen.

But know it appears between 100 and 500.

and there appear more word than one.

How can I fix this.

This is a piece of my code:

void word () {
float side;
int links = (100);
int rechts = (500);
side = random (links, rechts); // left or right but now it is between 100 and 500 HOW can I fix this?
fontA = loadFont("Arial-BoldMT-16.vlw");
textFont(fontA, 16);
fill (0);
String[] words = {
"smaak", "tafels", "friet", "print", "licht", "geval", "paard", "laars", "plots", "kapel"
}; // random words
int index = int(random(words.length)); // same as int(random(10))
println(words[index]); // prints one of the six words // but now a few :(
text(words[index], side, 300);
}

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kritzikra..

Re: Random words

1 years ago

if i understand your question correctly you want the word to appear EITHER left OR right.

this means you need a yes-no kind of decision, not a random value.

you can do something like this:

float side = random() < 0.5? 100 : 500;

if this look odd to you, it's a short version of this code:

float side;
if( random() < 0.5 ){ // create a random between 0 and 1, it has a 50% chance of being less than 0.5
// chose left side
side = 100;
}
else{
// chose right side
side = 500;
}

hope that helps,

best,

hansi.

sarah234

Re: Random words

1 years ago

Thank you, it works. :)

But now I have an other problem,

when I use the word (); There appear a lot of words, but I want only one random word. How can I fix that?

PhiLho

Re: Random words

1 years ago

Perhaps use background() in draw().

sarah234

Re: Random words

1 years ago

I used background();

but I want just one time a few seconds a random word.

Now I have a few seconds a lot random words.

jbum

Re: Random words

1 years ago

I suspect you have a more sophisticated notion of random than I've implemented here, but this will get you in the right direction:

void word ()
{
if (random(100) < 5) {
PFont fontA = loadFont("Arial-BoldMT-48.vlw");
String[] words = {
"smaak", "tafels", "friet", "print", "licht", "geval", "paard", "laars", "plots", "kapel"
}; // random words
int links = 100;
int rechts = 500;
float side = random(2) < 1? links : rechts;
textFont(fontA, 16);
int index = int(random(words.length)); // same as int(random(10))
println(words[index]); // prints one of the six words // but now a few :(
fill(255);
noStroke();
rect(side,280,side+200,100); // erase area behind word...
fill(0);
text(words[index], side, 300);
}
}
void setup()
{
size(700,500);
frameRate(30);
background(255);
}
void draw()
{
word();
}
void setup()
{
size(700,500);
fontA = loadFont("Arial-BoldMT-48.vlw");
frameRate(30);
background(255);
}
void draw()
{
word();
}

sarah234

Re: Random words

1 years ago

In my program I have this:

if (State == 'K') {
background(255);
float m = millis();
noStroke();
displayKruis(width/2, height/2, (m % 300)); //cross flikkering
if (timeToNextk <= frameCount-timeOffset1) { // time cross stays
State = 'W';
;
}
}
if (State == 'W') {
background(255);
word(); // one word
if(timeToNextw <= frameCount - timeOffset1 - timeToNextk) { // the time te word stays
State = 'T';
}

and then there a lot of words but I want just one word.

kritzikra..

Re: Random words

1 years ago

two things:

please search the forum before asking questions
please don't go too far off topic from your original question,
don't be afraid to ask a second question once your original topic was answered.
otherwise forum search becomes more and more useless

so, there happens to be a very recent thread which is very similar to your second problem which should help you:

https://forum.processing.org/topic/how-to-send-a-random-number-every-second-instead-fo-the-whole-time

(notice that they also go slightly off topic, so you'll only want to read the first few responses).

best,

hansi.

p.s. i'm not a jerk about forum etiquette, but if you just want to

have a vague dialog about your problems you should consider the
#processing channel on freenode.

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