selecting a random char in a string in java with a certain method [duplicate]

Answer 1

public static char selectAChar(String s){

    Random random = new Random();
    int index = random.nextInt(s.length());
    return s.charAt(index);

}

Answer 2

There are at least two ways to generate a random number between 0 and a number (exclusive), one is using a call to Random.nextInt(int) the Javadoc reads in part returns a pseudorandom, uniformly distributed int value between 0 (inclusive) and the specified value (exclusive) and String.charAt(int) the Javadoc says (in part) returns the char value at the specified index.

static Random rand = new Random();
public static char selectAChar(String s) {
    return s.charAt(rand.nextInt(s.length()));
}

For a second way you might use String.toCharArray() and Math.random() like

public static char selectAChar(String s) {
    return s.toCharArray()[(int) (Math.random() * s.length())];
}

And of course, you could use (the somewhat warty) toCharArray()[int] and charAt(int) with either method.

Since you are returning a value, your caller should save it

char ch = selectAChar(s);

And then you might format the input String and print the random char like

System.out.printf("'%s' %c%n", s, ch);