Questions about random responses.

[AandR2024]

So I have this:

string randomquestion [2] {"question 1", "question 2"};

can I do this:

randomquestion[rand() %2]
if (randomquestion == "question 1")
{
    cout <<" This is question 1";
}
else if (randomquestion == "question 2")
{
    cout <<" This is question 2";
}

So I'm identifying the random question. Can I do something like that?

[Warnis]

Arrays don't work like that, however if you want to do something different depending on the question a switch on the index might be useful:

int index = rand()%2;
switch(index)
{
    case 0:
    // something here
    break;

    case 1:
    // something else here
    break;
}

[firedraco]

If you are doing it that way, then there isn't really a point in using an array. Just use numbers:

int result = rand()%2;
if(result == 0) {
   //...
} else if(result == 1) {
   //...
}

However, this requires hardcoding a lot of the answers. I'd suggest just using the result as an index into the array:

int result = rand()%2;
std::cout<<randomquestion[result];