Random number generator without duplicates?

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Random number generator without duplicates?

Posted 24 April 2012 - 07:39 PM

I can't figure out how to make a random number generator in javascript that won't have duplicates, but will restart once it gets to no digits left. Any advice you can give me would be greatly appreciated, Thanks.
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Re: Random number generator without duplicates?

Posted 24 April 2012 - 08:10 PM

Create a sequential array for the length you need.
For example: 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

Then randomly sort that sequential array
For example, results could be: 5,0,9,2,6,1,7,4,8,3

Finally, pull from the random array in sequential order
until you reach the end of the array.

Repeat final step as required. No repeats until array is re-used.
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Re: Random number generator without duplicates?

Posted 25 April 2012 - 04:19 AM

i need it to be 0-9 (10 different numbers), and for example a result would be 3 7 6 5 2 8 1 9 0 4, 5 8 3 4 7 1 9 0 2 6, after the first four it repeated, but i would need it to be able to recall the results i got from many numbers ago, if it makes a difference im using the numbers to choose slides randomly in a slide show and the user may get to slide 16 and for some reason want to go look at slide 2 again.
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Re: Random number generator without duplicates?

Posted 25 April 2012 - 07:21 PM

View PostJohnlang1993, on 25 April 2012 - 05:19 AM, said:

i need it to be 0-9 (10 different numbers), and for example a result would be 3 7 6 5 2 8 1 9 0 4, 5 8 3 4 7 1 9 0 2 6, after the first four it repeated, but i would need it to be able to recall the results i got from many numbers ago, if it makes a difference im using the numbers to choose slides randomly in a slide show and the user may get to slide 16 and for some reason want to go look at slide 2 again.


I'm a bit confused. Do you have any code to show what you are doing?

Also, if you need 10 different numbers, where is slide #16 coming from?
If you have only 10 slides, there must be a repeat if you display 16 times. (???)




Afterthought...
Here is some testing code which assumes 20 slides to be displayed (without the slides)
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title> Untitled </title>
<script type="text/javascript">
// For:

var SlideMax = 20;
var Slides = [];

for (var i=0; i<SlideMax; i++) { Slides[i] = i; }
function rndOrder() { return (Math.round(Math.random())-0.5); }
window.onload = function() {
  var str = 'Array: '+Slides.join(',&nbsp;&nbsp;')+'<br>';
  Slides.sort(rndOrder);
      str +='Value: '+Slides.join(',&nbsp;&nbsp;')+'<br>';
  document.getElementById('slideOrder').innerHTML = str;
}

function showSlide(info) {
  var SlidePtr = Number(info);
  alert('Slide# '+(SlidePtr+1)+' is array position: '+SlidePtr+' with value of: '+Slides[SlidePtr]);
}
</script>

</head>
<body>
<pre>
<div id="slideOrder"></div>
<p>
<script type="text/javascript">
  var str = 'Slide: ';
  for (var i=0; i<SlideMax; i++) {
    str += '<label style="display:block; float:left; width:75px">';
    str += '<input type="radio" name="RBtn" value="'+i+'"';
    str += ' onclick="showSlide(this.value)"> '+(i+1)+' ';
    str += '</label>';
    if ((i % 10) == 9) { str += '<br style="clear:both">     '; }
  }
  document.write(str);
</script>
</pre>
</body>
</html>

This post has been edited by JMRKER: 25 April 2012 - 08:12 PM

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