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Random Questions
September 23, 2002 07:37 PM
Would anyone know of a way to get questions to go in a random order, without having to like re-write all the questions in different orders than use an if elseif statement to say if random number is equal to 1 or whatever.
~~Johnathan~~LTM my new fad, know it, use it, love it, LAUGHING TO MYSELF
September 23, 2002 08:32 PM
Hmm... I'm not sure I get your question, but I'll give it a shot.
Are you trying to find an alternative to this?
In that case, I'd suggest maybe something like this:
Answers could be handled in a similar manner, that is to say in an array of answers, listed in corresponding order. Something like:
if (input == answers[num]){}
Hope I'm answering your question...
EDIT- Don't you hate it when you accidentally do = instead of ==?
-Arek the Absolute
[edited by - Arek the Absolute on September 23, 2002 9:35:55 PM]
Are you trying to find an alternative to this?
int num = rand()%3;if (num == 0){ cout << "Question 1" << endl;} else if (num == 1){ cout << "Question 2" << endl;} else if (num == 2){ cout << "Question 3" << endl;} In that case, I'd suggest maybe something like this:
char questions[3][100] = {"Question 1", "Question 2", "Question 3"};int num = rand()%3;cout << questions[num] << endl; Answers could be handled in a similar manner, that is to say in an array of answers, listed in corresponding order. Something like:
if (input == answers[num]){}
Hope I'm answering your question...
EDIT- Don't you hate it when you accidentally do = instead of ==?
-Arek the Absolute
[edited by - Arek the Absolute on September 23, 2002 9:35:55 PM]
-Arek the Absolute"The full quartet is pirates, ninjas, zombies, and robots. Create a game which involves all four, and you risk being blinded by the sheer level of coolness involved." - Superpig
September 23, 2002 10:27 PM
Thanx for the reply, also yes i do hate it when i go = instead of ==, i did that in an entire program once helping someone in school and it took us forever to firgure out why it wasn''t working.
~~Johnathan~~LTM my new fad, know it, use it, love it, LAUGHING TO MYSELF
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September 24, 2002 11:05 AM
quote: Original post by Arek the Absolute
Don't you hate it when you accidentally do = instead of ==?
-Arek the Absolute
That's why I always do something like this:
if( 0 == num ) {}else if( 1 == num ) {}else if( 2 == num ) {} If you type in the equalities backwards, 0 = num will result in a compiler error.
It takes a while to get used to doing this, but it saves a whole lot of time in debugging, and makes the compiler _work_ for you...
[edited by - doomx on September 24, 2002 12:07:47 PM]
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September 24, 2002 11:17 AM
quote: Original post by Surg AKA Kunark
Would anyone know of a way to get questions to go in a random order, without having to like re-write all the questions in different orders than use an if elseif statement to say if random number is equal to 1 or whatever.
What language are you using? Since you didn't specify, I'm going to assume C++. What you should probably do is store all your questions and answers in STL collections. Then you can perform a random_shuffle on the collection and simply pop questions from the collection. Here's an example of how you would do a random_shuffle:
#include <algorithm>#include <functional>#include <iostream>#include <iterator>#include <cstdlib>#include <ctime>struct rand_functor : std::unary_function<int,int>{ result_type operator()(argument_type N) const { return N * (std::rand() / (RAND_MAX + 1.0)); }};int main(){ const int numbers_size = 10; int numbers[numbers_size] = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}; std::srand(std::time(NULL)); std::random_shuffle(numbers, numbers+numbers_size, rand_functor()); std::copy(numbers, numbers+numbers_size, std::ostream_iterator<int>(std::cout," ") );} [edited by - SabreMan on September 24, 2002 12:18:11 PM]
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