Random block

New Member Joined: Feb 09, 2006 Posts: 4

I am trying to set up a block that displays different texts. In general, I want different text depending on which module is currently being loaded. I can query the $name variable to determine the current module and switched based on that. In certain modules, I want random text. I have several things I want to include, so the most logical is rand() and a switch. The catch is that I want the text to be weighted. That is, one text should appear 20% of the time, three others 10% the rest then share the remaining 50%.

The way I did it was a double switch:
switch rand:
< 2 do text1
< 3 and > 1 do text2
> 4 do inner_switch

This seems a bit of a hack and I was wondering if someone had a simpler solution.

registered · Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:18 am

I would first switch on the module name (since you said only some modules will need this "weighting"). Then within the modules you want this weighting to occur, go ahead and use the method you mentioned above. It aleady is pretty "simple" and works right? Wink