Random String Using Vector

[mridontknow]

i got difficulty here, i dont know how to create a random vector consist of 4 strings. using vector.

int main ()
{
	string red,yellow,blue,green;
}

i want to create random vector for those four colors. please help me..
-im a beginner for c++

[NathanOliver]

Use std::vector<std::string>

Now, your question could be interpreted in a few ways. The ambiguity probably comes from a language difference.

A random vector for those four colours is best achieved via a shuffle algorithm.
I assume you want to return a vector with all four colours except in a different order.

If you're unfamiliar with the std::shuffle function ... don't quote me on that just - it's been a while... You could achieve something similar by randomly picking two elements and swapping their contents perhaps?

[mike_2000_17]

If your problem corresponds to iamthwee's interpretation, then his solution is appropriate.

If your problem is that you want to create a vector of arbitrary size where each element is one of the four color-strings, picked at random. Then, a simple solution is to map each color to a number and generate the numbers randomly (e.g. with rand() for a quick and easy solution). As so:

#include <map>
#include <string>
#include <ctime>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main() {
  map< int, string> words; 
  words[0] = "red";
  words[1] = "blue";
  words[2] = "green";
  words[3] = "yellow";

  srand((unsigned int)time(NULL));
  vector<string> v(10); // create a vector of 10 elements.
  for(vector<string>::iterator it = v.begin(); it != v.end(); ++it) {
    *it = words[rand() % 4];
    cout << *it << endl;
  };
  return 0;
};

[mridontknow]

guys,

i tried this code

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include<ctime>
#include<cstdlib>
#include <map>

using namespace std;

int main ()
{

vector<string> words(4);
vector<string>::iterator it;
words.push_back("red");
words.push_back("yellow");
words.push_back("blue");
words.push_back("green");
for(vector<string>::iterator it=words.begin();it !=words.end();++it)
{
srand((unsigned int)time(NULL));
*it=words[rand()%words.size()];
cout<<*it<<endl;
}
return 0;

}

the output not as i expected. it just output the same colour..

i expect the output like this:
"red,yellow,green,blue" (those four colors are randomly shuffle for every attempt) :'( help me with this code. i want to build mastermind code.

[mrnutty]

You want to use random_shuffle function,

#include <algorithm>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>

int main(){
using namespace std;
 const int COLOR_SIZE = 4;
 string colors[COLOR_SIZE ] = { "yellow", "green", "blue" , "red" }
 std::vector<string> colorVec( colors, colors + COLOR_SIZE  );
 //shuffle colors
 std::random_shuffle( colorVec.begin(), colorVec.end() );
 
 //do stuff with colorVec like print it
 for(int i = 0; i < colorVec.size(); ++i){
   cout << colorVec[i] << endl;
 }
}