Java random number

**maple1100** · February 18th, 2013, 07:33 PM

So I need to generate 5 number and in this 5 number, one of the number must match the number I'm looking for. Let say the number is "1". I generate one number at a time but there must be a "1" by or before the 5th number. The problem with my code is that it continue to loop until "1" is found. Thanks

       for (int counter = 1; counter <= 2; counter++) 
       {  
         int randNum1 = 0;  
         int bottleCapNum = 0;
         while (randNum1 != 1)
         {  
            randNum1 = randNum.nextInt(5);  
            bottleCapNum++;  
         }  
         wins++;  
         outFile.println(bottleCapNum);        
       }

**Norm** · February 18th, 2013, 09:03 PM

there must be a "1" by or before the 5th number

You can not guarantee what the next random value will be. It's possible for there to be many repeats before the desired value is returned.
Another way would be to use the shuffle method with a series of numbers then the order of the numbers would be random.

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