Can anyone offer an example on this?

How would i randomly generate a number, and then choose a monster name for that? I know it's simple... but what I tried doesn't work... at all.

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Originally posted by drdroid
How would i randomly generate a number, and then choose a monster name for that? I know it's simple... but what I tried doesn't work... at all.

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Maybe you should show us what you've tried to do so far. Random number generation is covered in quite a few posts on these boards.

One solution is to create an emu of the monster names and randomly generate an integer representing the monster ID.

Code:

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emu monster {A = 0x0001, B, C, D, E};
unsigned int nNum = 1 + rand() % 5;

switch (nNum)
{
  case A : { break; }
...
}

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Kuphryn

I dont mean to be rude, but theres an example of correct, yet extremely overly complex code.

What was wrong with:

Code:

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switch ( (rand() % 5) + 1 )
{
  case 1 : break; //theres no need for enclosing braces in a case
...
}

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... and one of the more common links I post is...
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/q13.16.html

:)

I'm not talking about random number generation... I know how to do that... I'm talking about applying that to choosing a monster for my battle engine. I'm more concerned about the string part... not the number.

use a random number to index a static array of strings.Arrays start at array[0] and finish at array[x] so you need rand(x). Simple.

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Originally posted by lightatdawn
/theres no need for enclosing braces in a case

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They are needed on some compilers in some situations. It doesn't hurt to put them there, it prevents scope errors.

>>They are needed on some compilers in some situations

AFAIK, it should be all compilers, but the only situation (again, AFAIK) is when attempting to declare variables inside the scope of the case. This seems like a bad coding practice anyhow, so I dont see why one would want to condone it. Though your right, it doesnt _technically_ hurt.

>>use a random number to index a static array of strings.Arrays start at array[0] and finish at array[x] so you need rand(x). Simple.

Yup. Listen to the man. :)

Monster->SetupStats(rand() % Max_Monsters);