rsc3/doc-schelp/HelpSource/Classes/Pxrand.scrbl

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#lang scribble/manual
@(require (for-label racket))
@title{Pxrand}
embed values randomly chosen from a list@section{related}
Classes/Prand, Classes/Pwrand
@section{categories}
Streams-Patterns-Events>Patterns>List
@section{description}
Like link::Classes/Prand::, returns one item from the list at random for each repeat, but Pxrand never repeats the same element twice in a row.
@section{Examples}
@racketblock[
(
var a, b;
a = Pxrand.new(#[1, 2, 3], 10); // return 10 items
b = a.asStream;
11.do({ b.next.postln; });
)
//Pxrand used as a sequence of pitches:
(
SynthDef(\help_sinegrain,
{ arg out=0, freq=440, sustain=0.05;
var env;
env = EnvGen.kr(Env.perc(0.01, sustain, 0.2), doneAction: Done.freeSelf);
Out.ar(out, SinOsc.ar(freq, 0, env))
}).add;
)
(
a = Pxrand(#[60, 61, 63, 65, 72], inf).asStream;
Routine({
loop({
Synth(\help_sinegrain, [\freq, a.next.midicps]);
0.1.wait;
})
}).play;
)
::
]