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i basically just want to pick a random value in a string split by ‘|’. I can’t find a good example does anybody have an idea?

string mystrings = ("apple|orange|mayo|fruit|dog"):

string blah = "here i am "+resultsofrandom+" result chosen from mystring was " resultofrandom

obviously string blah is just an example, i just want the random chosen string from mystrings back into a new string…

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string mystrings = "apple|orange|mayo|fruit|dog".Split('|');
Random rnd = new Random();
string blah1 = mystringsrnd.Next(mystrings.Length);
string blah2 = mystringsrnd.Next(mystrings.Length);
string sentence = "here i am " + blah1 + " result chosen from mystring was " + blah2

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You could do this rather simply by splitting the string:

string mystrings = "apple|orange|mayo|fruit|dog".Split('|');

Then use a the Random class to pick one of those strings:

int choice = new Random().Next(mystrings.Length);

Now you can put it together:

string blah = "Your selection is: " + mystringschoice;

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Random rnd= new Random();
        int baseZeroArrayLen = 0;
        string mystrings = ("apple|orange|mayo|fruit|dog").Split('|');
        baseZeroArrayLen = mystrings.Length - 1; 
        int randomNumber = rnd.Next(baseZeroArrayLen);
        string rndString = mystringsrandomNumber;

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var mystrings = ("apple|orange|mayo|fruit|dog").Split('|');
string blah = "here i am " + mystringsnew Random().Next(0, mystrings.Length) + " result chosen..";

I think it will work as expected

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This should do it:

string mystrings = ("apple|orange|mayo|fruit|dog").Split('|');
        Random randomInt = new Random();
            string blah = mystringsrandomInt.Next(mystrings.Length);

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Use String.Split() to split up the delimited string and store each separate value in a string array. Then randomly pick an index into that array and display the corresponding string.

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Completely unnecessary LINQ alternative. Although the string.Format might be nice here.

string mystrings = "apple|orange|mayo|fruit|dog".Split('|');

string blah = string.Format("here i am {0} result chosen from mystring was {0}",
               mystrings.Skip(new Random().Next(mystrings.Length)).First());

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