How to pull a word from an array function | Together C & C++ | Page 1

delicate oxide Sep 19, 2022, 9:49 AM

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Hi, I'm new to coding and trying to make a hangman game.
I'm trying to get a word from function easywordpool with the random number I got from randomwordpick function but I couldnt manage to do it. Can someone help me please

past marshBOT Sep 19, 2022, 9:49 AM

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chilly venture Sep 19, 2022, 9:50 AM

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srand is seed-rand, you only call it once

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i.e. pull it out of your top function

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your easyWordPool can take an int parameter and return the proper element

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your word is 5 strings long but only 4 elements defined that's not good, and your randomNumber should be 0-3 not 1-4, c++ is zero indexed

delicate oxide Sep 19, 2022, 9:52 AM

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chilly venture your word is 5 strings long but only 4 elements defined that's not good, and you...

yeah I realised that solved it. thank you

delicate oxide Sep 19, 2022, 9:52 AM

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chilly venture i.e. pull it out of your top function

my english isnt that very well

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can you simplify it for me pls

chilly venture Sep 19, 2022, 9:53 AM

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move the srand... call into main()

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otherwise this is called right before your rand(), which makes it have the same value every time

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since you're resetting the seed

delicate oxide Sep 19, 2022, 9:53 AM

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actually I'm getting different numbers every time I run it

chilly venture Sep 19, 2022, 9:54 AM

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time will potentially return the same number

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it's dependent on your cpu speed in this case, not good

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in any case, srand once

delicate oxide Sep 19, 2022, 9:55 AM

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thank you,
so how can I return a word from my array function based on the number I got from rand()

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I've tried a few things but couldnt do it

chilly venture Sep 19, 2022, 9:56 AM

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string easyWordPool(int index) { 
   string words[4] = ...
   return words[index];
}```

delicate oxide Sep 19, 2022, 10:01 AM

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@chilly venture Thank you so much sir

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❤️

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now I can continue

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thank you again

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god bless you

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!solved

past marshBOT Sep 19, 2022, 10:01 AM

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[SOLVED] How to pull a word from an array function

past marshBOT Oct 8, 2022, 3:40 AM

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@delicate oxide

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