Thread: pointing to an array

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    Exclamation pointing to an array

    i was wondering is someone could give me a brief overview and maybe an example of how i would random pull out two vairiable from an array

    for example:
    i have an array stored with names= faceName[13]
    and one with suits= suitName[4]

    and i want to use a printf function to print out;(random faceName, random suitName.)

    i am using srand and everything is stored in my array i just dont know too much about pointers to acces it.

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    You don't really need a pointer, you can just pull the element by number.
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    Code:
    int array[N];
    ...
    int rdm = array[rand() % N];
    sth like the above, where rand() % N gives you a number from [0,N-1]

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    explain how to randomly pull the element by number?

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    Quote Originally Posted by gloworm View Post
    explain how to randomly pull the element by number?
    you asking to explain the previous post or asking the question why the previous post is trying to explain this?
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