Thread: AND THE WINNER OF THE BIRTHDAY COMPETITION IS...

And the winner of the Happy Birthday competition is...


* Freaky Chris *


2nd Place
Splat

3rd Place
Dalisra

A big thank you to everyone who took part in the competition and wished us a Happy Birthday!

I will PM the winners shortly...

The competition winners were selected using this Java application:

import java.util.Random;
 
public class CompetitionWinners {
 
    private static String[] contestants = { "leandro", "Freaky Chris",
            "pmural", "Pooja Deshpande", "chals", "mBrian", "kairamr",
            "loonatic", "btedford", "blackJava", "Jchang504", "xuming9",
            "clow2821", "mpoland", "bebooahlawy", "fourseven", "yogita281",
            "jega004", "Splat", "slaw77pl", "aks_java", "sriram", "Fendaril",
            "Dalisra", "dewboy3d", "luke", "Flash", "marksquall" };
 
    private static String firstPlace, secondPlace, thirdPlace;
    private static int randomInt;
    static Random random = new Random();
 
    public void First() {
 
        // GENERATE FIRST PLACE WINNER
        for (int a = 0; a < 3; a++) {
            randomInt = random.nextInt(28);
        }
        firstPlace = contestants[randomInt];
        Second();
    }
 
    public void Second() {
 
        // GENERATE SECOND PLACE WINNER
        for (int a = 0; a < 3; a++) {
            randomInt = random.nextInt(28);
        }
        secondPlace = contestants[randomInt];        
        if (secondPlace.equals(firstPlace)) {
            Second();
        }else{
            Third();
        }
    }
 
    public void Third() {
 
        // GENERATE THIRD PLACE WINNER
        for (int a = 0; a < 3; a++) {
            randomInt = random.nextInt(28);
        }        
        thirdPlace = contestants[randomInt];        
        if (thirdPlace.equals(secondPlace) | thirdPlace.equals(firstPlace)) {
            Third();
        }else{
        }
    }
 
    public void GenerateWinners() {
        First();
    }
 
    public static void main(String[] args) {
 
        CompetitionWinners cw = new CompetitionWinners();        
        cw.GenerateWinners();
 
        System.out.println("1st Place : " + firstPlace);
        System.out.println("2nd Place : " + secondPlace);
        System.out.println("3rd Place : " + thirdPlace);
        System.out.println();
        System.out.println("All winners selected");
    }
}