help needed in C#to write a random class

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Pls i want to design a windows form application using C# that distributes names into different tables without repetition and randomly so i want to knw how to write a random distribution class
Am new to programming so i dont know how to go about this
Thanks

Posted 30-Jul-12 21:25pm

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Peter_in_2780 31-Jul-12 3:57am

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Christian Graus · Answer 1 · 2012-07-30T21:58:00

Solution 1

The Random class lets you generate random numbers all day long.

Posted 30-Jul-12 21:58pm

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Rob Philpott · Answer 2 · 2012-07-30T23:01:00

Solution 4

Create a bucket of the things you want to distribute randomly and pull things out one at a time.

In code - create a List<yourthing> and populate it with everything you wish to distribute. Use the Random class to pick a number between 0 and the number of things in the list (-1). Get the value and remove the item then repeat until the list is empty.

Posted 30-Jul-12 23:01pm

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Updated 30-Jul-12 23:02pm

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CPallini 31-Jul-12 5:24am

Good one.

CPallini · Answer 3 · 2012-07-30T22:20:00

Solution 3

If you need to extract random numbers (might be the indices of your array of names) without repetitions then have a look at my tip "Random extraction of 5 cards from a deck"[^] (it is C++ code, I know, but, anyway, just the algo matters).

Posted 30-Jul-12 22:20pm

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Zubair Alie · Answer 4 · 2012-07-30T22:02:00

based on my understanding i think you want to assign value to veriables from one form and retrieve on multiple forms
there are several ways to achieve this functionality..

simplest of those is to create a static class. may you name it as Common.cs and declare all of your veriables into that class and access them in all of the class, inside project scope, by following way

C#

namespace.ClassName.VeriableName

i.e

Form1 =>

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yourProjName.Common.FirstVar = "Hello";

Form2 =>

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MessageBox.Show(yourProjName.Common.FirstVar); //it will pop up HELLO

hope it will help you