Re: Math.random()

From:
"Jeff Higgins" <oohiggins@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.help
Date:
Fri, 7 Mar 2008 11:06:03 -0500
Message-ID:
<0KdAj.30$xr.2@newsfe05.lga>
maya wrote:

maya wrote:

Jeff Higgins wrote:

Daniel Pitts wrote:

maya wrote:

(I want to have option of displaying photos in a random order instead
of in order of img-names (1.jpg, 2.jpg, 3.jpg, etc..))


Try putting the photos into a List object, and then calling
Collections.shuffle() with that list object as the parameter.


A clear winner. :-))


ok, am trying to do this now.. acc to docs it's like a vector except
"synchronized" (not sure what this means..) only thing in Vector you add
elements thus:

  vPhotos.addElement(imgsList[i]);

but am having problems here:

    ArrayList photos = new ArrayList(); File directory = new
File(System.getProperty("user.dir"));
        String[] textFileNames = directory.list(new FilenameFilter() {
            public boolean accept(File dir, String name) {
        return name.endsWith(".jpg") || name.endsWith( ".JPG");
                    }
                });
               for (int i=0; i < textFileNames.length+1; i++) {
            photos.add(i); // error here...


               photos.add(new File(i));

    }

how do I convert this "i" to an object (since this method takes only obj
as argument..)

and then how do I apply Collections.shuffle() to it??

   photos.Collections.shuffle() ?? I dont think so....;)

I really need this today, for some photos I'm putting together for a
friend overseas, sending with a friend who travels today....

thank you very much..


ok, I think got Collections.shuffle() part..

   Collections.shuffle(photos, new Random());

only problem now is how to add all nos. to ArrayList (this has to be 1.4
construction, not 1.5..)

and then how to go from Collections.shuffle to this:

for (int i = 0; i < textFileNames.length; ++i) {
  File oldFile = new File(textFileNames[i]);
  posDot = textFileNames[i].indexOf(".");
  _temp = textFileNames[i].substring(0,posDot);
  File newFile = new File(i+1 + ".jpg");
  oldFile.renameTo(newFile);
}

so imgs are named with nos. at random (i.e., so imgs, after renamed, are
in diff order from orig ones..)

thank you....

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