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-rw-r--r--core/variant/array.cpp6
-rw-r--r--core/variant/array.h1
-rw-r--r--core/variant/variant_call.cpp1
-rw-r--r--doc/classes/Array.xml10
4 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/core/variant/array.cpp b/core/variant/array.cpp
index 8b958814db..c6bbd43dc4 100644
--- a/core/variant/array.cpp
+++ b/core/variant/array.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
#include "array.h"
#include "container_type_validate.h"
+#include "core/math/math_funcs.h"
#include "core/object/class_db.h"
#include "core/object/script_language.h"
#include "core/templates/hashfuncs.h"
@@ -299,6 +300,11 @@ Variant Array::back() const {
return operator[](_p->array.size() - 1);
}
+Variant Array::pick_random() const {
+ ERR_FAIL_COND_V_MSG(_p->array.size() == 0, Variant(), "Can't take value from empty array.");
+ return operator[](Math::rand() % _p->array.size());
+}
+
int Array::find(const Variant &p_value, int p_from) const {
ERR_FAIL_COND_V(!_p->typed.validate(p_value, "find"), -1);
return _p->array.find(p_value, p_from);
diff --git a/core/variant/array.h b/core/variant/array.h
index 3d9a794969..ee265a9ffd 100644
--- a/core/variant/array.h
+++ b/core/variant/array.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ public:
Variant front() const;
Variant back() const;
+ Variant pick_random() const;
void sort();
void sort_custom(const Callable &p_callable);
diff --git a/core/variant/variant_call.cpp b/core/variant/variant_call.cpp
index 900e3d8e77..ef4807ba71 100644
--- a/core/variant/variant_call.cpp
+++ b/core/variant/variant_call.cpp
@@ -2053,6 +2053,7 @@ static void _register_variant_builtin_methods() {
bind_method(Array, erase, sarray("value"), varray());
bind_method(Array, front, sarray(), varray());
bind_method(Array, back, sarray(), varray());
+ bind_method(Array, pick_random, sarray(), varray());
bind_method(Array, find, sarray("what", "from"), varray(0));
bind_method(Array, rfind, sarray("what", "from"), varray(-1));
bind_method(Array, find_last, sarray("value"), varray());
diff --git a/doc/classes/Array.xml b/doc/classes/Array.xml
index a30117725f..0f76639caf 100644
--- a/doc/classes/Array.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/Array.xml
@@ -435,6 +435,16 @@
Returns the minimum value contained in the array if all elements are of comparable types. If the elements can't be compared, [code]null[/code] is returned.
</description>
</method>
+ <method name="pick_random" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="Variant" />
+ <description>
+ Returns a random value from the target array.
+ [codeblock]
+ var array: Array[int] = [1, 2, 3, 4]
+ print(array.pick_random()) # Prints either of the four numbers.
+ [/codeblock]
+ </description>
+ </method>
<method name="pop_at">
<return type="Variant" />
<param index="0" name="position" type="int" />