Solved How to create an array of Itemstacks?

So I want to create an array of itemstacks such as a diamond sword, food, armour etc and I want it to pick a random item from the array. How would I do this?

 

@Azrex

Well your post pretty much seems like instructions on how to what you want to do.

Make an array, fill it with itemstacks, pick a random one. Seems pretty straight-forward.

 

I was asking how I would do it. Im new to Java.... a little bit of code?

 

you read my mind O_O
i was just trying to do that

 

@mythbusterma ???

 

Code:

ArrayList<ItemStack[]> items = new ArrayList<ItemStack[]>();

 

@BagduFagdu Thats an ArrayList, not an Array..

How to define an Array:

Code:

ItemStack[] items = new ItemStack[]{item1, item2, item3, item4};

How to pick a random out of it:

Code:

Random r = new Random(); //Define the random object
int index = r.nextInt(items.length()); //With .nextInt(x) it generates a random between 0 and x-1. (x is the size of the array)
ItemStack item = items[index]; //Get the item from the array at the index

 

Please mark the thread as solved.

 

Oh, that array.

 

@BagduFagdu, please learn java before you continue.

 

Thanks So Much @FisheyLP
Just wanted to ask, how would I continue with that random item?
player.SendMessage("You Got (NAME OF ITEM)")

 

I explained this too... Look at my post above again
To get the name of an ItemStack use

Code:

item.getType().name().toLowerCase()

 

Thanks <3

@FisheyLP Im not able to add items to the array. It gives me an error that cannot convert from Material to ItemStack

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

@Azrex
1. Learn Java! You cannot convert Material to ItemStack, Material.DIRT is not an ItemStack!

To create an ItemStack:

Code:

ItemStack test = new ItemStack(Material.DIRT); //Creates a dirt ItemStack

ItemStack test2 = new ItemStack(Material.STONE); //Creates a dirt ItemStack

ItemStack[] test3 = {test, test2}; //Do whatever with it

 

hmm I tried that before but it didn't work..... now it does, I might have done something wrong.
Anyways Thanks