random character

[cheahyw]

hi all,

im a newbie of c++ & struggling with a socket programming assignment. my assignment requie me to generate 4 random char with "\" after it
eg: char msgsent[1000]={"asdk\","ngwq\","utre\"............}

i need to generate 1000 set of it. is there a smarter way to generate it using C++ instead of manually set??

all these set of "data" need to send across to a server thru SEND().

Please help here..... thanks alot.

[gorshing]

First I would make an array populated with letters.

Then set a random seed using srand(time())

Then in a loop, get a random number( using rand() ). Mod that number by the length of your array. That result will be the index to get a character.

Did that make any sense?

[Danny]

if you're not wary of using STL (your shouldn't be!), you can use the random_shuffle() algorithm:
http://gethelp.devx.com/techtips/cpp.../10min1299.asp
Notice the "Using random_shuffle() with Built-in Arrays" section.