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arrays and randomize

Apr 20th, 2007

hey there, umm so i have an array of words and now i need to be able to randomly choose one of those words when the appropriate button is clicked, its for a hangman game...
i know that
randomize;
goes in there sumwhere...

thanks heaps..

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Re: arrays and randomize

Apr 21st, 2007

and what you can not accomplish?

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Re: arrays and randomize

Apr 23rd, 2007

selectedword := words[random(high(MAX_WORDS))];

Assuming words array is 0 based like :

words : array [0..MAX_WORDS] of string;

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Loren Soth

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Re: arrays and randomize

Jul 2nd, 2007

Before calling random function you should call procedure randomize, it will initiate pseudorandom number generator.
It's necessary because without calling procedure randomize you will get the same random sequence