Question

I made a pool of about 20 strings that each display different sayings. I want one of those sayings to display to a text view on random.

I cast an integer as a random 1-20,

int randomNumber5 = (int) Math.ceil(Math.random() * 20);

and created strings named randomString1, randomString2, etc…til it hits 20.

The best way I could think to do this, was assign each string a number between 1 and 20 as a case.

So:

switch(randomNumber5){
  case 1:
    mTheMessage.setText(R.string.randomString1);  
}
  case 2:
    mTheMessage.setText(R.string.randomString2);  

but I feel like there is a better way to do this right?

Answer 1

Use an array or list.

mTheMessage.setText(RandomString[randomNumber]);

Each element of RandomString[] is loaded with a message.