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How to pick numbers randomly from array
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//: Playground - noun: a place where people can play | |
import UIKit | |
func pickNumbersRandomly(from numbers: [UInt], theNumberOf: UInt) -> [UInt] { | |
var numbers = numbers | |
var numbersPickedRandomly = [UInt]() | |
for _ in 1...theNumberOf { | |
let indexPickedRandomly = Int(arc4random_uniform(UInt32(numbers.count))) | |
let numberPicked = numbers[indexPickedRandomly] | |
numbersPickedRandomly.append(numberPicked) | |
numbers.remove(at: indexPickedRandomly) | |
} | |
return numbersPickedRandomly.sorted() | |
} | |
var numbers: [UInt] = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50] | |
print(pickNumbersRandomly(from: numbers, theNumberOf: 6)) |
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