tree (tree)  

monkey (mon key)  

bear (bear)  

prepare (pre pare)  

Types of Select:  

d.select ()

 

It would select any one of the words at random.  

d.select (2)

 

It would select either:  

monkey (mon key)  

or  

prepare (pre pare)  

d.select (``tree'',  '' ``key'')

 

It would return a random word ending in one of these strings (syllables).  

d.select (1,  ``key'',  ``tree'')

 

It would return a random word of one syllable ending in either ``key'' or ``tree''.  

On operating random numbers in the blue.math package is a class called RandomGenerator which you can use to generate random numbers.  

SPECIFICATION  

new RandomGenerator () -- < RandomGenerator >

 

METHOD  

< RandomGenerator > .uniform (< int >,  < int >) -- < int >

 

This method generates a random integer between the first < int > and the second < int >,  inclusive.  

EXAMPLE:  

RandomGenerator rg =       new RandomGenerator ();   for (int x = 1;  x < = 10;  x + +)   {       int rn = rg.uniform (0,  100);       IO.println (rn);

 

Will print out 10 random numbers between 0 and 100..   vs IMPLEMENT  

< Dictionary > .select () -- < Word >

in the dictionary class.  

Recall the instance variables...  

private String name;   private Word [] words;   private int nrElements;

 

public Word select ()   {       RandomGenerator rg =       new RandomGenerator ();       int rn = rg.uniform (0,  nrElements-1);       return words [rn];

 

Part two of programming challenge:  

(1) Create several (like 3 or 4 or 5) small dictionaries,  each containing a ``part of speech'' (article,  noun,  verb,  adjective).   Do this by creating a data file for each dictionary and then ``reading'' the dictionary using the appropriate functionality.  

(2) Write a number of methods,  each of which will generate a ``fixed'' sort of phrase at random.   It will be ``fixed'' in that each time you call it,  it will generate a similar sentence in terms of parts of speech,  rhythm,  and rhyme.  

EXAMPLE  

simplePhaseOfType1 ()  

might print a sentence consisting of...

• an article
  
• a noun
  
• a verb
  
• an article
  
• an adjective
  
• a noun
  

Suppose article,  noun,  verb,  and adjective are dictionaries (static global dictionary variables).  

static private void simplePhaseOfType1 ()   {       Word article1 = article.select ();       Word noun1 = noun.select (2);       Word verb = verb.select ();       Word article2 = article.select ();       Word adjective = adjective.select ();       Word noun2 = noun.select (2);       printSentence (article1);       printSentence (noun1);       printSentence (verb);       printSentence (article2);       printSentence (adjective);       printSentence (noun2);

 

(3) Use the few methods in some interesting ways.