random strings

[Manuel Diaz]

HI, what method can I use to chose random strings and print it to the screen. Here is my actual code:

final String LETTERS = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
Random generator = new Random();
int number;

for (int count = 1;count<=3;count++)
{
c.print(generator.nextInt(3));
}

Im generating three numbers, but I dont know what can I use to generate three random letters, I need to chose my letters from my variable LETTERS. Generating numbers is easy but im stuck with strings, I dont know how to access the variable, read it and then generate the random chose.

Thank you.

[K Riaz]

Generate a number between 0 and 25 inclusive, then use charAt() to pick a letter from your LETTERS variable.

e.g. LETTERS.charAt(r.nextInt(LETTERS.length()));
[ April 23, 2005: Message edited by: Kashif Riaz ]

[Manuel Diaz]

e.g. LETTERS.charAt(r.nextInt(LETTERS.length()));

Thank you very much, it helps me!.

BYE

[Stan James]

I like to use an alphabet with no vowels for this stuff. It helps to avoid generating offensive words. Sometimes I mix in digits and also leave out 1 & 0 because they're too easy to confuse with I and O in some fonts.

Another good trick is to take a random number and use Integer to convert it to base 36. You might have to truncate or concatenate several results to get the right length. And you get the vowels back doing that.
[ April 24, 2005: Message edited by: Stan James ]