Thread: Getting a random Yes Or No

Hi Im very new to java and was thinking about a app for android. My idea is to very simply generate a yes or no answer for a question inputted and make it show. I have looked around and i see that you can get random numbers with java.util.Random.

My idea would be something like this as i have previously used lua quite some time ago

if random >5
then print yes

else
print no

any help will be appreciated


Thanks

Hi Mangos64,

Yes you can do this with Java, using the java.util.Random class:

Random (Java Platform SE 6)

Your logic is sound, this will work perfectly in java as well as lua.


Chris

Thanks

Also would it be possible to shake the phone using the accelerometer and use this to make it say the answer


Some thing like this

If accelerometer >5g
print (random_yes_or_no) (question)


if so how would I do this

Thanks once again

Yes you can do that too.
Very much like you describe in the pseudo code.
Perhaps you might work on displaying a message first, then work on displaying that message when the phone shakes.
Take it one step at a time. Post questions if you get stuck. Include error messages with the code

Sounds good i will be reading up on books first and then try that thanks.