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Picking a Random Object in an NSArray

How to select the random item from an array

  NSMutableArray *array= [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithObjects:@"first", @"second", @"third", @"fourth",  nil];

What is the way to select random item from an array containing n number of elements

Answer 1

To get unique value every time use srand() with time stamp.

srand([[NSDate date]  timeIntervalSince1970]);
int inx =rand()%[array count];
return inx;