bart,
I'd just generate an array containing the numbers 0 .. N, and shuffle it.

As would I if I wasn't trying to learn new things by intentionally trying to avoid simple/easy solutions.


The problem with your approach is that not only the chances of misses rises as you have selected more items — it is not even garanteed to ever finish

In my approach, I minimized the hit for making a miss by just selecting the nearest unchosen bit. The direction to look for that bit is random. Additionally, if there are none available, it randomly selects an endpoint which is guaranteed to be unchosen. It is guaranteed to finish.

Cheers - L~R

In reply to Re^2: Generating 0 .. N Randomly and Efficiently by Limbic~Region
in thread Generating 0 .. N Randomly and Efficiently by Limbic~Region

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