randomizing a complete text box

hi,
i have a text box filled with 'single line' words (each word is in a single line, one after the other).
how can i randomize the words to change their order?
or whats the easiest & fastest way to randomize their order?

e.g.

blah
yada
bob
jack

will be randomized to any order (example):
jack
blah
yada
bob

well you get my point..
thanks..

[Dillinger4]

Check out the RND Function it should give you an idea
of how to go about doing this.


Option Explicit

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim i As Integer
Dim hold(0 To 4) As String
hold(0) = "Bill"
hold(1) = "Kelly"
hold(2) = "Chris"
hold(3) = "Ed"
hold(4) = "Sammy"

For i = 1 To 5 ' just to print them in the same order
Picture1.Print hold(i)
Next i

'to print them randomly
' comment out the for loop if this line is used

Picture1.Print hold(Int(5 * Rnd))
End Sub

well, as i said.. i have a text box, and i don't know how many words are in it..

anyone?

You could do something like...

have a listbox (hidden), textbox, and 2 command buttons.

Command1 = Splits all words into an array/adds them to a list
Command2 = randomizes list

Private Sub Command1_Click()
    Dim vArray As Variant
    Dim iArray As Integer
    
    vArray = Split(Text1.Text, vbCrLf)
    
    For iArray = 0 To UBound(vArray)
        List1.AddItem vArray(iArray)
    Next iArray
End Sub

Private Sub Command2_Click()
    Randomize
    MsgBox List1.List(Int(List1.ListCount * Rnd))
End Sub

...just a suggestion .

[YoungBuck]

This function seems to work, even though I'm sure it can be done more efficiently.....

Private Sub Form_Load()
 Dim s As String
 s = "what why when how where"
 Debug.Print RandomizeWords(s)
End Sub

Private Function RandomizeWords(s As String) As String
 Dim iPos As Integer, iPrevPos As Integer
 Dim sWords() As String
 Dim iWordCt As Integer
 Dim iCt As Integer
 Dim sTemp As String
 Dim iRandIndex As Integer
    
    'Only run function if string parameter is not empty
    If Not s = "" Then
    
        Do
        
            'get position of first space
            iPos = InStr(iPos + 1, s, " ")
            
            ' redimension the array to hold next word
            ReDim Preserve sWords(iWordCt)
            
            If Not iPos = 0 Then
            
                ' get word
                sWords(iWordCt) = Trim(Mid(s, iPrevPos + 1, iPos - iPrevPos))
                ' increase word count to redimension array with enough values
                iWordCt = iWordCt + 1
                
            Else
            
                'get the last word in the string
                sWords(iWordCt) = Trim(Mid(s, iPrevPos + 1, Len(s) - iPrevPos))
          
           End If
           
                iPrevPos = iPos
        
        Loop Until iPos = 0
        
        'rearrange the array
        For iCt = 0 To iWordCt
        
            Randomize ' assure rnd returns different value
            iRandIndex = (Rnd * iWordCt - 1) + 1 ' get a random index
            sTemp = sWords(LBound(sWords)) ' hold current value of first element in array
            sWords(LBound(sWords)) = sWords(iRandIndex) ' set first element to hold whatever random value
            sWords(iRandIndex) = sTemp ' set random element to hold value of first element
        
        Next iCt
        
        For iCt = LBound(sWords) To UBound(sWords)
            
            ' display the words with a space when a space is necessary
            If Not iCt = LBound(sWords) Then
                RandomizeWords = RandomizeWords & " "
            End If
            
            RandomizeWords = RandomizeWords & sWords(iCt)
            
        Next iCt
        
    End If
End Function

i have a text box
i load a file containing words into it
then i load the words from the text to a list box
then i use int(rnd*list.listcount) to get a name
but i always get the same order of the names

is there any other way to load the names from the text box to the list in a random order?
thanks..