I am working on a simple program in Java swing that randomly selects a word from an array when you click a button. The issue is that I do not want to have the same thing generated after clicking the button again. For example, You click the button and it generates the word ‘donut’ from the array, you click again, and it generates donut again. I want to avoid generating the same thing directly after.
Here is the code:
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.util.Random;
import java.awt.event.*;
class Main implements ActionListener{
JFrame f = new JFrame("ℂ ");
Random r = new Random();
JButton generate = new JButton("Generate");
JButton clear = new JButton("Clear");
JLabel characterClass = new JLabel("Style", JLabel.CENTER);
JLabel characterClass2 = new JLabel("Race", JLabel.CENTER);
JLabel characterClass3 = new JLabel("Weapon", JLabel.CENTER);
JLabel newGenerate = new JLabel("?", JLabel.CENTER);
JLabel newGenerate2 = new JLabel("?", JLabel.CENTER);
JLabel newGenerate3 = new JLabel("?", JLabel.CENTER);
Color custBlue = new Color(10, 63, 250);
Color custOrange = new Color(251,167,88);
Color saturatedCustOrange = new Color(254, 127, 46);
ImageIcon wheel = new ImageIcon("images/loading_wheel.gif");
JLabel img = new JLabel(wheel);
ImageIcon back_image = new ImageIcon("images/back_ground.png");
JLabel img2 = new JLabel(back_image);
String[] style = {"<html><p align='center'>Steampunk</p></html>", "<html><p align='center'>Sci-Fi</p></html>", "<html><p align='center'>Medieval</p></html>", "<html><p align='center'>Imprisoned</p></html>", "<html><p align='center'>Superpowered</p></html>", "<html><p align='center'>Villainous</p></html>", "<html><p align='center'>Primal</p></html>", "<html><p align='center'>Musical</p></html>", "<html><p align='center'>Aquatic</p></html>", "<html><p align='center'>Undead</p></html>"};
String[] race = {"<html><p align='center'>Sorcerer</p></html>", "<html><p align='center'>Alien</p></html>", "<html><p align='center'>Knight</p></html>", "<html><p align='center'>Orc</p></html>", "<html><p align='center'>Elf</p></html>", "<html><p align='center'>Bear</p></html>", "<html><p align='center'>Human</p></html>", "<html><p align='center'>Vampire</p></html>", "<html><p align='center'>Werewolf</p></html>", "<html><p align='center'>Dwarf</p></html>"};
String[] weapon = {"<html><p align='center'>Bow<br />And Arrow</p></html>", "<html><p align='center'>Blade</p></html>", "<html><p align='center'>Gun</p></html>", "<html><p align='center'>Nunchucks</p></html>", "<html><p align='center'>Shield</p></html>", "<html><p align='center'>Bomb</p></html>", "<html><p align='center'>Claws</p></html>", "<html><p align='center'>Mace</p></html>", "<html><p align='center'>Axe</p></html>", "<html><p align='center'>Staff</p></html>"};
public static void main(String[] args) {
Main o = new Main();
o.gui();
}
public void gui(){
f.setSize(500, 400);
this.newGenerate.setBounds(132,107, 180, 40);
newGenerate.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 20));
this.newGenerate.setForeground(saturatedCustOrange);
f.add(this.newGenerate);
this.newGenerate2.setBounds(304,107, 180, 40);
newGenerate2.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 20));
this.newGenerate2.setForeground(saturatedCustOrange);
f.add(this.newGenerate2);
this.newGenerate3.setBounds(218,250, 180, 40);
newGenerate3.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 20));
this.newGenerate3.setForeground(saturatedCustOrange);
f.add(this.newGenerate3);
characterClass.setBounds(132,50, 180, 40);
characterClass.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 20));
this.characterClass.setForeground(saturatedCustOrange);
f.add(this.characterClass);
characterClass2.setBounds(304,50, 180, 40);
characterClass2.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 20));
this.characterClass2.setForeground(saturatedCustOrange);
f.add(this.characterClass2);
characterClass3.setBounds(218,192, 180, 40);
characterClass3.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 20));
this.characterClass3.setForeground(saturatedCustOrange);
f.add(this.characterClass3);
this.generate.setBounds(50, 240, 120, 40);
generate.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 16));
this.generate.setForeground(custOrange);
this.generate.setBackground(custBlue);
this.generate.addActionListener(this);
f.add(this.generate);
this.clear.setBounds(50, 290, 120, 40);
clear.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 16));
this.clear.setForeground(custOrange);
this.clear.setBackground(custBlue);
this.clear.addActionListener(this);
f.add(this.clear);
img.setBounds(0, -10,500,400);
f.add(img);
img2.setBounds(0, -10,500,400);
f.add(img2);
f.setLayout(null);
f.setVisible(true);
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
if(e.getSource() == this.clear){
img.setVisible(true);
this.newGenerate.setText("?");
this.newGenerate2.setText("?");
this.newGenerate3.setText("?");
}
else{
this.newGenerate.setText(this.returnStyle());
this.newGenerate2.setText(this.returnRace());
this.newGenerate3.setText(this.returnWeapon());
img.setVisible(false);
}
}
public String returnStyle() {
int ranNum = r.nextInt(this.style.length);
return this.style[ranNum];
}
public String returnRace() {
int ranNum = r.nextInt(this.race.length);
return this.race[ranNum];
}
public String returnWeapon() {
int ranNum = r.nextInt(this.weapon.length);
return this.weapon[ranNum];
}
}
If it is confusing, the program generates a character. It randomly mixes the style of character (like medieval or sci-fi), a race (like human or vampire), and a weapon (like a blade or axe).
I specifically need help with this portion, and I preferably need to do it with a loop, since it is the only way I could think to work a loop into this (it is required for my final project.)
public String returnStyle() {
int ranNum = r.nextInt(this.style.length);
return this.style[ranNum];
}
