Thread: Get Random Item from 2D array and print it

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    Get Random Item from 2D array and print it

    Hi, I'm wondering how I would get a random item from a 2D array and print just that item? For example, if I had a 2D Array like:
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    char questions[4][60] = {{How can I print item?}, {In a random order?}, {Is it possible?}, {Or Am I really foolish?}
    };
    I want the output to be:
    Is it possible?
    But I have to randomly get its indexes and print it.

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    In this case you can see your 2D array of char as a 1D array of strings, upon which the problem becomes a matter of generating a single random index.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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