Getting a random Yes Or No

[mangos64]

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

[Freaky Chris]

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

[mangos64]

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

[jps]

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

[Junky]

The Random class can also generate random booleans which better map to yes/no.

[mangos64]

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