how to access randon items from an array in i phone sdk

Question

i want to know how to aceess random items from array in iphone sdk? i have made an music player in which next song comes from array on button click but i want to get the songs randomly

Answer 1

You can use the rand() function:

NSInteger randomIndex = rand () % [list count];
Thing * randomThing = [list objectAtIndex:randomIndex];

Don't forget to call srand(unsigned int seed) on startup:

srand(time(0));