Thread: Generating a random character/letter, stuck!

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    Generating a random character/letter, stuck!

    I seem to be quite stuck on this one... I have even re-written this post several times trying to explain what I want to do!

    The code I have written so far, compiles without any trouble on Bloodsehd Dev-C++. But... It just sits there doing nothing, just a flashing cursor in the dos box. I have narrowed this down to my random part of the code.

    Code:
    // lets start generating what stars we have
        
        for (char startype001;startype001==65,66,67,71,72,76,78,82,83,86,87,88,89,112,42;)
        {
          srand(time(0));
          startype001 = rand()%256+1;
        
        char star001 = startype001;
        }
    As you can see, those are the ascii values I want, the others I do not want, and if rand turns one up that is not one of those, I want it to try another number. Once I do have a correct ascii value from the list, I then want it to become a char value, and then onwards towards the rest of my code (which works fine).

    Can anyone help with this?

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    Toaster Zach L.'s Avatar
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    The commas in the for loop are basically separating statements. What you have is equivalent to saying:

    starttype001 == 65;
    66;
    67; ... etc...

    You need to use the logical OR || and == every time:

    startype001 == 65 || startype001 == 66 || ... etc ...

    Also, just a stylistic point, a while loop might be logically more suited to the task (though it'd be functionally the same).
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    Beat me Salem.

    Dan, that is pure ugly.
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    Well, I did start last night

    lol

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    Bah! Who wants an elegant solution anyways!
    The word rap as it applies to music is the result of a peculiar phonological rule which has stripped the word of its initial voiceless velar stop.

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