private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) //chooses the dishes randomly
{
//We still need to choose how to display the info, datagrid, or table, or something else
//I only went with a 2D array, so it's easy to see for now
Food[,] menu = new Food[7,3];
List<Food> cache = new List<Food>(); // for the dishes that have already been chosen
for (int i = 0; i < menu.GetLength(0); i++) //fills up each day
{
menu[i, 0] = ChooseDish(menu, cache, soupList);
menu[i, 1] = ChooseDish(menu, cache, mainDishList);
menu[i, 2] = ChooseDish(menu, cache, dessertList);
}
}
static Food ChooseDish(Food[,] menu,List<Food> cache, List<Food> foodList) //returns
{
Food result = new Food();
Random rng = new Random();
for (; ; )
{
Food temp = foodList[rng.Next(0,foodList.Count-1)];
if (!cache.Contains(temp)) //checks if the food has been already chosen
{
result = temp;
cache.Add(temp);
break;
}
}
return result;
}