roomies.html

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<title>Dorm Placment Generator</title>
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<body>
<script>

// no gender mixing
var dorm_rooms = []; // 10 rooms (4-8 per room)
var boys = []; // 31
var girls = []; // 29

for(var i=0; i< 31; i++){
  boys.push({
    name: i,
    room: null,
    friends: getRandomFriends(i, 31)
  })
}

boys.forEach(function(boy){
  var count = 0;
  boy.friends.forEach(function(friend){
    var friend = boys[friend];
    if( friend.friends.indexOf(boy.name) != -1){
      count++;
    }
  });
  console.log(boy.name, count);
})

function getRandomFriends(person, total){
  var friends = []
    , total_friends = getRandom(4) || 1
    , i = 0;
  while(i < total_friends ){
    var f = getRandom(total);
    if(f != person && friends.indexOf(f) != 1){
      i++;
      friends.push(f);
    }
  }
  
  return friends;
  
}

function getRandom(num){
  return Math.floor(Math.random()* num);
}


</script>

<input type="button" value="Populate Arrays" onclick="populate_arrays()" /> </br>
<input type="button" value="Generate Bestie Lists" onclick="generate_besties_list(0,30)" /> </br>
</body>
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