need a list

can i do that with a string
like string one = {1,2,3,4}

UH im a little confused. i didnt understand the last post and the code i tried didnt work. i got some stuff from the about website. the guy made a magic eight ball. so can anyone explain to me how i could make a random number generator. i want it to be like rolling dice. thats what the program is poorly trying to symbolize.

#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
string one[4] = {1,2,3,4};
int num;
cout << "press 1 for a d4" << endl
<< "press 2 for a d6" << endl
<< "press 3 for a d8" << endl
<< "press 4 for a d10" << endl
<< "press 5 for a d12" << endl
<< "press 6 for a d20" << endl
<< "press 7 for a d100" << endl;
cin >> num;
switch (num)
{
int j, n;
const int one = 4;
case 1: num = for (j=1; j< 100; j++){
rand();
}
srand( (unsigned)time( NULL ) );
n = j * rand() / (RAND_MAX + 1.0);
cout << string{j};
system ("pause");
return 0;
}

:confused: :confused: :confused: uhhhhhhh

do
{
rand()
}
while ( ?==5)

#include <cstdlib>
#include <ctime>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main()
{

string advice[5] = {
"Avram said so",
"Could be",
"Definitely",
"No Way",
"The line is drawn here"};

string disregardedQuestion;

int j;
const int N = 5;

srand( (unsigned)time( NULL ) );

//Increases randomness of advice
for (j = 0; j < 25; j++) {
rand();
}

cout << "Enter your question" << endl;
cin >> disregardedQuestion;

j = (int) N * rand() / (RAND_MAX + 1.0);

cout << advice[j] << endl;

return 0;
}
that is the code that i tried to adapt into this program. it can be found on this site : http://cplus.about.com/od/advancedtutorials/l/aa041303d.htm

I don't see what you're trying to do with
j = (int) N * rand() / (RAND_MAX + 1.0);
or
for (j = 0; j < 25; j++) {
rand();
}
because that doesn't increase the randomness (as far as i know).. you're just generating a random number and doing nothing with it.

here's a simplified version of your code, with nspils correction.
#include <cstdlib>
#include <ctime>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main()
{

string advice[5] = {
"Avram said so",
"Could be",
"Definitely",
"No Way",
"The line is drawn here"
};

string disregardedQuestion;

srand((unsigned)time(NULL));

cout << "Enter your question" << endl;
cin >> disregardedQuestion;

cout << advice[rand() % 5] << endl;

return 0;
}

rand() will generate a random number according to the time, when you % 5, you're going to recieve a number 0 through 4.

Bleh. I don't know what d20, d100 or anything is :D. Is it the number of sides the die has? Here's a similar program:

#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
srand((unsigned) time(NULL));
int roll, sides, times;

cout << "Enter how many sides the dice has: ";
cin >> sides;

cout << "Enter how many times this will be rolled: ";
cin >> times;

for (int i = 0; i < times; i++) {
roll = (rand() % sides) + 1;
cout << "You rolled a " << roll << endl;
}

return 0;
}

there actually are 100 sided dice but its about like rolling a golf ball (each pit is a number). 2 10 sided are preferred.