ScrambleString(string[]).. Help please.

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ScrambleString(string[]).. Help please. - introzen - 01.04.2012

So basically, I want a function which takes a string, mixes the letters up together and throws them around, making "doomsday" to "dodsaymo" or something.

Don't post the function. Just hints and tips on what functions I need to make this.

Re: ScrambleString(string[]).. Help please. - steki. - 01.04.2012

Just a quick question: Are you applying for 3rd party dev on LS-RP?

Re: ScrambleString(string[]).. Help please. - chrism11 - 01.04.2012

save it as 2 strings, use a loop and string1[i+1] = 'h'; // what ever letter you want, i guess that a hint

Re: ScrambleString(string[]).. Help please. - introzen - 01.04.2012

How could you guess lol

Re: ScrambleString(string[]).. Help please. - introzen - 01.04.2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrism11

save it as 2 strings, use a loop and string1[i+1] = 'h'; // what ever letter you want, i guess that a hint

Okey. That'd be enough. don't post anymore hints lol.

AW: ScrambleString(string[]).. Help please. - Nero_3D - 01.04.2012

That would be my solution

1. Get the length of the string
2. Get an random index with the length, random(length)
3. Saving this char in a variable
4. Shifting the other character to the right to free the left most position and fill the position where we took our char from
5. Now we put the char in his new position, the left most
6. Repeating step 2 - 5 and decreasing the length by one and increasing the start position (where we put the char in)
7. Repeating step 2 - 6 till the length is lower than 2 (its nonsense to swap 1 char with itself)

If you use an second array you can skip step 3 - 5 and put the char directly in his new position in the second array

Re: ScrambleString(string[]).. Help please. - Lidorrr - 01.05.2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by introzen

Okey. That'd be enough. don't post anymore hints lol.

Hey, can you publish the function here please?

Re: ScrambleString(string[]).. Help please. - Hiddos - 01.05.2012

Well you could do something like this:

pawn Код:

new originalstring[size]; // originalstring contains the string to be scrambled
new scrambledstring[size]; // this will contain the scrambled string
new rand;
for(new i = 0, j = strlen(originalstring); i != j; i++)
{
  do
  {
    rand = random(j);
  }
  while(scrambledstring[rand] != 0);
  scrambledstring[rand] = originalstring[i];
}

Re: ScrambleString(string[]).. Help please. - mamorunl - 01.05.2012

There are sorting algorithms, why not use one of those and take a weird sorting algorithm?