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w00t

Mon Dec 20, 2004 9:24 am


Random Number Sorting Issues

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Hey, 

Im having some trouble sorting an array i have in my program for school. Its an imitation of a lottery and i have an array  filled with 6 random numbers, but i need to sort them  

-edit - Code is now useless 


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Cervantes

Mon Dec 20, 2004 9:53 am



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Yes, looks like your sorting method works.  It seems to me that it is only sorting 5 of the numbers from 1 to 6 (ie. 1, 2, 3, 5, & 6 -or- 1,3,4,5,&6) and 49.  
So, we need to fix your random number generation, not your sorting.
First, change your array from 1 .. 49 to 1 .. 6.  Then, we want to create 6 random numbers (from 1 to 49) and assign them to our intnumbers array.  But, each time we create a random number, we must check to see that that number is not = to any of the previous random numbers that we've made.  Use a loop and an exit command to do that.
Essentially, you'll have your loop, then your random number generation line, then a little more complex code to check if the current element of the array is equal to any of the previous elements of the array.  I suggest making a function to do this, but it's not necessary.

I hope you can understand that.  Post any further questions if you have them :wink:


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w00t

Mon Dec 20, 2004 10:10 am



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sry, im slow today, could u explain a little more 
Then, we want to create 6 random numbers (from 1 to 49) and assign them to our intnumbers array.

its one of those days were I'm completly disoriented, so im lost here, i made this last night when it made sense.  How do i do this. I feel like an uber noob asking but oh well..

w00t


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Cervantes

Mon Dec 20, 2004 10:15 am



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Your questions are welcome. :)

for each element of the array, make a Rand.Int.


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w00t

Mon Dec 20, 2004 5:41 pm



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Thanks alot, i have it working !!

yay ! now back to programming my game



 :arrow: * insert theme music here *

 !WHEN FURBIES ATTACK!


lol, thanks alot Cervantes, greatly appreciated!

w00t w00t


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Drakain Zeil

Wed Dec 22, 2004 5:24 pm



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That's funny, I just did a lotto number program for school, it's on my hard drive at school however... so I won't have access till jan. when school stars up again.

edit: Hmm, this is rather old, I just noticed that...