Place 5 random values in an array? I'm going crazy

Help!!

I think I'm going crazy because of this. I don't know, it seems I'm missing something pathetically simple.

I want to place the word "coin" five times in an array randomly (in empty cells). I tried like this:

But all it does is placing "coin" in the first cell of the array every single time. Any ideas?

The title should say "Place one value 5 times in an array randomly" but the system won't let me edit the post ('too little reputation to post a link'). But it did let me post it to begin with, oh well...

first initialize the array with " "

than just:

+ repeat 5 times

array set value at random(0, array.length)to coin

Should work. The exception is that you also need to set RandomPlace BEFORE the while loop, otherwise your first default index is always 0.

Coin5Times.capx

Edit: and be sure your array is large enough in the first place.

Thanks!

Darklinki, your solution is fine but it doesn't prevent placing a coin multiple times in a cell.

blackhornet, that .capx saved my sanity! It turned out it was all because of a syntax error. As you can see in the screenshot I was making the condition "value at Board.At(RandomPlace)" which doubles the AT. When changed to simply "value at RandomPlace" - works like a charm. <img src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

pirx sorry didn?t know you want that

You also need the extra Set RandomPlace or you will always get a value at index zero.