random number guesser

I'm trying to set up a simple llDialog based random number guesser, just for fun.. but i don't know what to do because everything works correctly except for that the llDialog doesn't allow itself to read a list of integers. It only accepts strings, but i don't know how to make [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]... etc a string so that it can be usable...

Hi

Simplest way is to make the list entries themselves into strings by adding quotes, ie: ["0","1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","10"]...

and then typecasting the selection back into an integer when it comes to using it, eg:

(integer)"10"

There are numerous (and far better) other solutions, but this explains the bare essence of what I think you are asking

If you're generating new sets of random numbers each time, you might want to just typecast the integers as strings when you use llDialog. Like [(string)intA, (string)intB, (string)intC]

Put all of the numbers into a list. Use list length as the number in llFrand and change the output from a float to an integer. Then just return the results of llList2String.

Either that or you can just use (integer)llFrand(20.0) for example to return an integer between 0 & 20. Then typecast the integer as a string.

Siro is ofc absolutely right, if it is the menu buttons themselves that they to be random numbers (rather than using the numbers one to ten upon which to base the generation of a random number, as I think I incorrectly thought last time I looked) then you will need to use typecast integer variables.

The following example generates twelve randomly generated numbers bewteen 1 and 100 on touch, sorts them into ascending order and these displays these numbers as menu buttons. Clicking a menu button will say that value in chat.

//declare integers
integer CommChannel = 10;
integer ListenChannel = 10;
integer RanNum1;
integer RanNum2;
integer RanNum3;
integer RanNum4;
integer RanNum5;
integer RanNum6;
integer RanNum7;
integer RanNum8;
integer RanNum9;
integer RanNum10;
integer RanNum11;
integer RanNum12;


//http://rpgstats.com/wiki/index.php?title=LlFrand
integer RandInt(integer lower, integer higher)
{
    integer Range = higher - lower;
    integer Result = llFloor(llFrand(Range + 1)) + lower;
    return Result;
}


default
{
    state_entry()
    {
    }

    touch_start(integer total_number)
    {
//generate random obscure listen channel number
        CommChannel = (0 - llFloor(llFrand(20000)));
//set up listen channel
         ListenChannel = llListen(CommChannel, "", "", "");

//populate integers
        RanNum1 = RandInt(1,100);
        RanNum2 = RandInt(1,100);
        RanNum3 = RandInt(1,100);
        RanNum4 = RandInt(1,100);
        RanNum5 = RandInt(1,100);
        RanNum6 = RandInt(1,100);
        RanNum7 = RandInt(1,100);
        RanNum8 = RandInt(1,100);
        RanNum9 = RandInt(1,100);
        RanNum10 = RandInt(1,100);
        RanNum11 = RandInt(1,100);
        RanNum12 = RandInt(1,100);

//sort & populate menu list
        list MenuItems = llListSort([(string)RanNum1,(string)RanNum2,(string)RanNum3,(string)RanNum4,(string)RanNum5,(string)RanNum6,(string)RanNum5,(string)RanNum8,(string)RanNum9,(string)RanNum10,(string)RanNum11,(string)RanNum12],1,TRUE);

//raise dialog box
        llDialog(llGetOwner(), "Select one of the following randomly generated numbers:",MenuItems,CommChannel);

    } 
    
//listen
listen(integer channel, string name, key id, string message)
    {  
//process
        llSay(0, "You selected random number " + message);
//close listen
        llListenRemove(ListenChannel);
    }
}

Wow! Thanks a bunch! All your posts helped me a bunch. I've always been having problems involving randomizing inside LSL, and this really opened up some possiblities for me Thanks.

Just goofing around:

list rand_list;
list menu_list;
integer n;

default
{
	state_entry()
	{
		for(n=1;n<100;n++)
		{
			rand_list += (rand_list=[]) + rand_list + [(string)n];
		}
	}

	touch_start(integer total_number)
	{
		rand_list = llListRandomize(rand_list,1);
		menu_list = llListSort((llList2List(rand_list,0,11)),1,1);
		llDialog(llDetectedKey(0),"12 random numbers 1 to 100",menu_list,-41684186);
	}
}

Still goofing off:

list rand_list;
integer n;

default
{
	touch_start(integer total_number)
	{
		rand_list = [];
		for(n=0;n<12;n++)
		{
			rand_list += (rand_list=[]) + rand_list + [(string)((integer)(llFrand(99)+ 1))];
		}
		rand_list = llListSort(rand_list,1,1);
		llDialog(llDetectedKey(0),"12 random numbers 1 to 100",rand_list,-41684186);
	}
}