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Thread: LAST issue! Random permutation array!

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    Exclamation LAST issue! Random permutation array!

    I have the array printing out just 0's. I am not sure what i have to input to make it output random digits. I want random digits 0-9, I am not sure what to do. This is the last program i need help on. Thank you for any help!

    /**
       This class prints 5 permutations of the numbers 1 through 10.
    */
    public class PermutationPrinter
    {  
       public static void main(String[] args)
       {  
          PermutationGenerator gen = new PermutationGenerator(10);      
     
          for (int i = 1; i <= 5; i++)
          {  
             for (int n : gen.nextPermutation())
                System.out.print(" " +  n);
                }
       }
    }

    import java.util.Random;
    import java.util.*;
    /**
       This class generates permutations of a sequence of integers 
       1...length.
    */
    public class PermutationGenerator
    {   
      ArrayList<Integer> number = new ArrayList<Integer>();
      int size; 
     
       /**
          Construct a PermutationGenerator object.
          @param length the length of the permutations generated
          by this generator.
       */
       public PermutationGenerator(int length)
       {	size = length;
       for (int i = 0; i <= length; i++){
       number.add(i);
       } 
       }
       /**
          Gets the next permutation.
          @return the array containing the next permutation
       */
       public int[] nextPermutation()
       { 
          int[] x = new int[size];
    	  for( int i = 0; i<size; i++){
    		Random k = new Random();
    		int y = k.nextInt(number.size());
     
    	  }
    	  return x;
    	}
    }


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    Default Re: LAST issue! Random permutation array!

    In your nextPermutation() method, you are never adding the values from the for loop to your int array. So you are just creating a new array and passing on that empty array, which would contain all 0s

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    Default Re: LAST issue! Random permutation array!

    That makes sense actually, but how would i go about doing that?

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    Default Re: LAST issue! Random permutation array!

    Quote Originally Posted by bankoscarpa View Post
    That makes sense actually, but how would i go about doing that?
    You can just make an assignment statement after the creation of the random number (y). You should assign y to an index of your array.

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    Default Re: LAST issue! Random permutation array!

    Something like
    x[i] = y;

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