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Question

Hello Below is my momentary Code..
It takes seven random „meals“ out of an list and then orders them into a weekly list ordert in days.
# Food selector for the week!
#random Stuff mixed for every day.
Enum Food
{#Add Food here:
Tacos
Pizza
Quesedias
Lasagne
Älplermakkaronen
Apfelwähe
Apprikosenwähe
Rabarberwähe
Käsekuchen
Pasta
Ravioli
Empanadas
Hamburger
}
function Food {
$foodsOfWeek = [Enum]::GetValues([Food]) | Get-Random -Count 7
foreach ($day in [Enum]::GetValues([DayOfWeek])) {
([string]$day).Substring(0, 3) + ': ' + $foodsOfWeek[[DayOfWeek]::$day]
}
}
I am trying to make it so it can be combined with more arrays like this:
Enum Food
{#Add Food here:
Tacos
Pizza
Quesedias
Lasagne
Älplermakkaronen
Apfelwähe
Apprikosenwähe
Rabarberwähe
Käsekuchen
Pasta
Ravioli
Empanadas
Hamburger
}
Enum Food2
{#Add Fish Stuff here:
Whatever Fish I want^^ :)
}
#and an array for meat(like steak)
.....
#an array for som healthy food!
.....
function Food {
$foodsOfWeek = [Enum]::GetValues([Food]) | Get-Random -Count 7
foreach ($day in [Enum]::GetValues([DayOfWeek])) {
([string]$day).Substring(0, 3) + ': ' + $foodsOfWeek[[DayOfWeek]::$day]
}
}
So it does combine them and takes RANDOM out of them all but I can set criterias like it must have one at least from every "List".
Perfect would be:
Every week at least once —> Meat, Fish, Vegetables and then the rest is random from the first list...
I hope you guys can help me :)
Kind regards Alex

Answer 1

Albeit this may not be exactly what you are looking for, you could try the following:
{
# Food selector for the week!
#random Stuff mixed for every day.
Enum FastFood
{#Add Food here:
Tacos
Pizza
Quesedias
Lasagne
Älplermakkaronen
Apfelwähe
Apprikosenwähe
Rabarberwähe
Käsekuchen
Pasta
Ravioli
Empanadas
Hamburger
}
Enum Meat
{#Add Food here:
Steak
Chop
Beaf
Lamb
Pork
Chicken
}
function Food {
#either
$Foods = [Enum]::GetValues([FastFood]) + [Enum]::GetValues([Meat])
#or
$Foods = [Enum]::GetValues([FastFood])
$Foods += [Enum]::GetValues([Meat])
$foodsOfWeek = $Foods | Get-Random -Count 7
foreach ($day in [Enum]::GetValues([DayOfWeek])) {
([string]$day).Substring(0, 3) + ': ' + $foodsOfWeek[[DayOfWeek]::$day]
}
The $Foods variable of course is not an Enum type but an object collection, however you can then generate your random 'meal' of the day & have the option to extend the list as additional categories are added. To access a specific entry you can index as follows: $Foods[10]
The current variable contains 19 elements ($Foods.count)
Hope it helps,