random non-repeating

[drxian]

ok say i have a word list of 20 words. how can i read that from a file or from a list of text nodes
and select a series of say 6 random words sequentially without them repeating.
thanks!

[selina]

example attached. basically you do a bit of sorting.

[drxian]

excellent thanks! yes i came to a similar solution myself. however i need to loop through the word list again and trigger a resort. when i do that though i get the nodes recooking every frame which i dont want... any suggestions?

[drxian]

gettign there..

but trying to make the sorting re sort based on an incrementing chop value at a higher level in the project

$V $R rand($V+$R+'chop("$/project1/count_loop")')

but its not working the count_loop evals to 0 all the time?? as if it snow being evalued...

[greg]

Try this, the Count CHOP cooks every frame, but the script in chopexec1 only runs when the count changes (once every 2 seconds).

The script stuffs a different randomization expression in the table2 DAT, giving a different sort order every 2 seconds.

Scripts in DATs are useful for minimizing cooks in other operators because they can be set to execute only on other states changing.