public class RandomWord {

    static String[] words;

    public static void main (String[] argv)
    {
        // This is the dictionary.
        words = WordTool.getDictionary ();

        // We'll try generating words of length 3 for now.
        int size = 3;
        int numTrials = generateWordRandomly (size);
        System.out.println ("It took " + numTrials + " trials to generate a word of length " + size);
    }

    static int generateWordRandomly (int size) 
    {
        // We'll want to count the number of trials it took.
        int numTrials = 0;

        boolean done = false;
        while (! done) {

            // Generate a random word.
            String randomStr = generate (size);

            numTrials ++;
            
            // Check if it's in the dictionary.
            for (int i=0; i<words.length; i++) {
                if ( words[i].equalsIgnoreCase (randomStr) ) {
                    // Found!
                    System.out.println ("Randomly generated word: " + randomStr);
                    done = true;
                    break;
                }
            }

        } // end-while
        
        return numTrials;
    }
    
    
    static String generate (int size)
    {
        // Make a char array of desired length.
        char[] letters = new char [size];
        for (int i=0; i<letters.length; i++) {
            // To generate a letter from 'a' to 'z', first
            // generate an integer and then add to 'a'.
            int k = UniformRandom.uniform (0, 25);
            letters[i] = (char) ( (int)'a' + k);
        }

        // Make a String out of it and return that.
        String str = new String (letters);
        return str;
    }
    

}