i basically just want to pick a random value in a string split by '|'. I can't find a good example does anybody have an idea?
string[] mystrings = ("apple|orange|mayo|fruit|dog"):
string blah = "here i am "+resultsofrandom+" result chosen from mystring was " resultofrandom
obviously string blah is just an example, i just want the random chosen string from mystrings back into a new string...
string[] mystrings = "apple|orange|mayo|fruit|dog".Split('|');
Random rnd = new Random();
string blah1 = mystrings[rnd.Next(mystrings.Length)];
string blah2 = mystrings[rnd.Next(mystrings.Length)];
string sentence = "here i am " + blah1 + " result chosen from mystring was " + blah2
string blah = mystrings[rnd.Next(0, mystrings.Length - 1];
You could do this rather simply by splitting the string:
string[] mystrings = "apple|orange|mayo|fruit|dog".Split('|');
Then use a the Random class to pick one of those strings:
int choice = new Random().Next(mystrings.Length);
Now you can put it together:
string blah = "Your selection is: " + mystrings[choice];
Random rnd= new Random();
int baseZeroArrayLen = 0;
string[] mystrings = ("apple|orange|mayo|fruit|dog").Split('|');
baseZeroArrayLen = mystrings.Length - 1;
int randomNumber = rnd.Next(baseZeroArrayLen);
string rndString = mystrings[randomNumber];
var mystrings = ("apple|orange|mayo|fruit|dog").Split('|');
string blah = "here i am " + mystrings[new Random().Next(0, mystrings.Length)] + " result chosen..";
I think it will work as expected
This should do it:
string[] mystrings = ("apple|orange|mayo|fruit|dog").Split('|');
Random randomInt = new Random();
string blah = mystrings[randomInt.Next(mystrings.Length)];
Use String.Split() to split up the delimited string and store each separate value in a string array. Then randomly pick an index into that array and display the corresponding string.
Completely unnecessary LINQ alternative. Although the string.Format might be nice here.
string[] mystrings = "apple|orange|mayo|fruit|dog".Split('|');
string blah = string.Format("here i am {0} result chosen from mystring was {0}",
mystrings.Skip(new Random().Next(mystrings.Length)).First());
mystrings.OrderBy(s => new Random().Next()).First(); as well.