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This program demonstrates array manipulation
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/*
This program is a part of the companion code for Core Java 8th ed.
(http://horstmann.com/corejava)
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Scanner;
/**
* This program demonstrates array manipulation.
*
* @version 1.20 2004-02-10
* @author Cay Horstmann
*/
public class LotteryDrawing {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.print("How many numbers do you need to draw? ");
int k = in.nextInt();
System.out.print("What is the highest number you can draw? ");
int n = in.nextInt();
// fill an array with numbers 1 2 3 . . . n
int[] numbers = new int[n];
for (int i = 0; i < numbers.length; i++)
numbers[i] = i + 1;
// draw k numbers and put them into a second array
int[] result = new int[k];
for (int i = 0; i < result.length; i++) {
// make a random index between 0 and n - 1
int r = (int) (Math.random() * n);
// pick the element at the random location
result[i] = numbers[r];
// move the last element into the random location
numbers[r] = numbers[n - 1];
n--;
}
// print the sorted array
Arrays.sort(result);
System.out.println("Bet the following combination. It'll make you rich!");
for (int r : result)
System.out.println(r);
}
}
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