Can Autoit Randomly Select A Letter?

[Newbie2]

Hey,

I know I can use 'Random' func in order to randomly choose a number, but can I do the same with letters?

All I wanna do is letting the machine to choose a letter for me. It is important tha it chooses capital and NON capital.

Any suggestion?

10x

[dainsleif]

what about generating int numbers randomly in the range of the ascii values of the letters u want to create and then using the chr function?

[trids]

Algorithm:

1 - Choose a random integer in the range 1 to 26: $nLetter

2 - Choose a random integer in the range 0 and 1: $nCase

3 - Return Chr($nLetter + ASC("A") - 1 + $nCase * (26 + 6))

HTH

[GrahamS]

Yes it can. Use the Chr function to convert from an ASCII code to a character. The ASCII codes for A to Z are 65 to 90, and a to z are 97 to 122.

So to select an uppercase letter use

Chr(Int(Random(25)) + 65)

Edit: People are too fast around here

Edited February 17, 2004 by GrahamS

[Newbie2]

Hmm... Good idea. I'll try it.

10x, guys...

[Somerset]

don't you know it GrahamS. my internet was out for 5 minutes i come back and boom 5 posts.

[Nutster]

Yes it can. Use the Chr function to convert from an ASCII code to a character. The ASCII codes for A to Z are 65 to 90, and a to z are 97 to 122.

So to select an uppercase letter use

Chr(Int(Random(25)) + 65)

You don't want Z, do you?

Chr(Int(Random(26)) + 65)

Int(Random(26)) returns 26 distinct values (0-25) which we add 65, the first value.

Using Random(25) only give you up to Y.

[GrahamS]

You don't want Z, do you?

Chr(Int(Random(26)) + 65)

Int(Random(26)) returns 26 distinct values (0-25) which we add 65, the first value.

Using Random(25) only give you up to Y.

Ah, this goes back to the help file and what is says Random does.

Returns a pseudo-random number between Min and Max (inclusive).

Therefore Random[25] should return a number in the range [0..25] (according to the help file) which is the right range.

Is this function going to be fixed before the formal issue? If not then the help file needs fixed

[Nutster]

Ah, this goes back to the help file and what is says  Random does.

Therefore Random(25) should return a number in the range [0..25] (according to the help file) which is the right range.

Is this function going to be fixed before the formal issue? If not then the help file needs to be fixed.

Unfortunately, those docs were written when integers were part of the variant datatype. See the Random function discussion for more details. With removal of the integer type, the docs became wrong. See the above discussion as to I will be fixing it.