Thread: How to randomize words in a char array?

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    How to randomize words in a char array?

    Hi,
    I have a char array, eg.

    char sentence[100] = "They would come on time if you told them";

    How can I pick up individual words and display them in different order? Will this work if I have the same number of arrays as is the number of words?

    Thanks

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    I would create an array of pointers char *wordStrings[20].
    Assuming a sentence is limited to no more than 20 words.
    Parse the sentence assinging each word string to a pointer.
    Than write a function that randomly selects a wordString pointer,
    or however many you desire, and display it.

    hth,

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    Yes, array of pointers

    Thanks for the reply.

    I think it is the best way. Unfortunately I have to specify the number of pointers in advance and if I happen to have a very large sentence, this will not work.

    I wish C++ would have a unitily that would define new arrays and pointers additionally, in run time. Some sort of self programming. This way it would create the required number of arrays. But it is either a realizable dream or absolute nonsense for which I am sorry because I am a linguist a do not understand properly what is under the lid of C++.

    Thanks

    Frank

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