getting a random item from an enum?

Newbie & Debugging Questions
#1

hi,
the question is fairly simple: is there a clean way to get a random item from an enum?
that’s all ::slight_smile:

#2

gues not afaik theres:

there is sticking it in an collection and shuflle() it.
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/language/enums.html

or you could do something with values() calculate a random integer between 0 and values().length

#3

You just want a random member of an enum? try thhis

enum Foo { … }

Foo[] fooValues = Foo.values();
return fooValues[(int)(Math.random()*fooValues.length)];

#4

ok, thanks