How to randomize a quiz on vbnet - vb.net

Question

I'm new at visual basic programming and everything was fine until our topic shifted to arrays. I tried to understand it's code using Java. (Example: method are called functions.. .)
My prof has given us an exercise to create a Quiz program that asks the user more than 5 questions (in textbox) with choices (in buttons) and computes the score at the end (All just in one form). If the user click an a button it will tell if it's right or wrong and then proceed to change the question along with the choices.
*Required: - After the user finish the quiz the score will be displayed and there should be a restart button and all the question will be asked again randomly no pattern. - Try to make functions.
I tried searching the web since yesterday and I still have made no progress at my code.
Public Class Form1
Dim questions(5) As String
Dim answers(5) As String
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
'Method/Function for loading the Q&A
loadQsAndAs()
End Sub
Private Sub Button5_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button5.Click
Me.Close()
End Sub
Private Sub loadQsAndAs()
'Questions
questions(0) = "What is 1 + 1?"
questions(1) = "Who is the first man to walk on the Moon?"
questions(2) = "What is the name of the main character in the movie: Yes Man! (2007)"
questions(3) = "If I gave you three apples and you ate two, how many is left?"
questions(4) = "What do you want in your final grade?"
questions(5) = "What is the name of the thing(s) that you use whenever you eat?"
'Answers
answers(0) = "2"
answers(1) = "Neil Armstrong"
answers(2) = "Jim Carrey"
answers(3) = "1"
answers(4) = "A 4.0"
answers(5) = "A Spoon and Fork"
TextBox1.Text = setTheQuestion()
Button1.Text = setTheAnswer1()
Button2.Text = setTheAnswer2()
Button3.Text = setTheAnswer3()
Button4.Text = setTheAnswer4()
End Sub
Private Function setTheQuestion() As String
Dim randomValue As New Random
Dim randomQ As String = ""
Dim i As Integer
Dim index As Integer
For i = 0 To 0
index = randomValue.Next(0, questions.Length)
randomQ &= questions(index)
Next
Return randomQ
End Function
Private Function setTheAnswer1() As String
Dim randomValue As New Random
Dim randomAns As String = ""
Dim i As Integer
Dim index As Integer
For i = 0 To 0
index = randomValue.Next(0, answers.Length)
randomAns &= answers(index)
Next
Return randomAns
End Function
Private Function setTheAnswer2() As String
Dim randomValue As New Random
Dim randomAns As String = ""
Dim i As Integer
Dim index As Integer
For i = 0 To 0
index = randomValue.Next(1, answers.Length)
randomAns &= answers(index)
Next
Return randomAns
End Function
Private Function setTheAnswer3() As String
Dim randomValue As New Random
Dim randomAns As String = ""
Dim i As Integer
Dim index As Integer
For i = 0 To 0
index = randomValue.Next(2, answers.Length)
randomAns &= answers(index)
Next
Return randomAns
End Function
Private Function setTheAnswer4() As String
Dim randomValue As New Random
Dim randomAns As String = ""
Dim i As Integer
Dim index As Integer
For i = 0 To 0
index = randomValue.Next(3, answers.Length)
randomAns &= answers(index)
Next
Return randomAns
End Function
Private Sub Button6_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button6.Click
loadQsAndAs()
End Sub
End Class

Answer 1

Public Class Form1
Dim questions As New ArrayList
Dim answers As New ArrayList
Dim dtQAMain As New DataTable
Dim questionsCopy As New ArrayList
Dim alAnsButton As New ArrayList 'arraylist to store all answer button.
Dim totalScore As Integer
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Handles MyBase.Load
'Method/Function for loading the Q&A
alAnsButton.Add(Button1)
alAnsButton.Add(Button2)
alAnsButton.Add(Button3)
alAnsButton.Add(Button4)
loaddtQA()
loadQsAndAs()
End Sub
Private Sub Button5_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Handles Button5.Click
Me.Close()
End Sub
Private Sub loaddtQA()
dtQAMain = New DataTable
dtQAMain.Columns.Add("Q")
dtQAMain.Columns.Add("A")
For i = 0 To 5
questions.Add("")
answers.Add("")
Next
'Questions
questions(0) = "What is 1 + 1?"
questions(1) = "Who is the first man to walk on the Moon?"
questions(2) = "What is the name of the main character in the movie: Yes Man!(2007)"
questions(3) = "If I gave you three apples and you ate two, how many is left?"
questions(4) = "What do you want in your final grade?"
questions(5) = "What is the name of the thing(s) that you use whenever you eat?"
'Answers
answers(0) = "2"
answers(1) = "Neil Armstrong"
answers(2) = "Jim Carrey"
answers(3) = "1"
answers(4) = "A 4.0"
answers(5) = "A Spoon and Fork"
For i = 0 To questions.Count - 1
dtQAMain.Rows.Add(questions(i), answers(i)) 'assign QA in table for scoring purpose later
Next
End Sub
Private Sub loadQsAndAs()
Label1.Visible = False
For i = 0 To alAnsButton.Count - 1
alAnsButton(i).visible = True
Next
questionsCopy = New ArrayList
questionsCopy = questions.Clone 'close a copy so we dont effect the actual question copy when randomize and eliminate asked question from arraylist
TextBox1.Text = setTheQuestion()
setTheAnswer()
End Sub
Private Function setTheQuestion() As String
Dim randomValue As New Random
Dim randomQ As String = ""
Dim index As Integer
If questionsCopy.Count <> 0 Then
index = randomValue.Next(0, questionsCopy.Count - 1)
randomQ = questionsCopy(index)
questionsCopy.RemoveAt(index) 'asked question will be remove.
Else ' questions are finished, show the mark
ShowMark()
End If
Return randomQ
End Function
Private Sub setTheAnswer() 'randonmize the answer and assign to button
If TextBox1.Text = "" Then Exit Sub ' if question finish exit sub
Dim randomValue As New Random
Dim NewIndex As Integer
Dim temp As String
Dim answersCopy As ArrayList = answers.Clone
For n = answersCopy.Count - 1 To 0 Step -1
NewIndex = randomValue.Next(0, n + 1)
' Swap them.
temp = answersCopy(n)
answersCopy(n) = answersCopy(NewIndex)
answersCopy(NewIndex) = temp
Next
Dim AnswerRowCheck As Integer = questions.IndexOf(TextBox1.Text)
Dim ActualAnswer As String = dtQAMain.Rows(AnswerRowCheck).Item("A") 'check actual answer
Dim totalRemove As Integer = 0
For i = answersCopy.Count - 1 To 0 Step -1
If totalRemove = 2 Then Exit For
If answersCopy(i) <> dtQAMain.Rows(AnswerRowCheck).Item("A") Then
answersCopy.RemoveAt(i)
totalRemove += 1
End If
Next 'remove 2 of the selection,since only 4 button for answer selection and should not take out the actual answer
For i = 0 To alAnsButton.Count - 1
alAnsButton(i).text = answersCopy(i)
Next
End Sub
Private Sub ShowMark()
For i = 0 To alAnsButton.Count - 1
alAnsButton(i).text = "" 'clear the text, no more input receive from user.
Next
Label1.Visible = True
Label1.Text = totalScore & " out of 6 are correct."
End Sub
Private Sub Button6_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button6.Click
totalScore = 0
loadQsAndAs() 'refresh question
End Sub
Private Sub Button4_MouseClick(sender As Object, e As MouseEventArgs) Handles Button4.MouseClick, Button3.MouseClick, Button2.MouseClick, Button1.MouseClick
If sender.text = "" Then Exit Sub
Dim AnswerRowCheck As Integer = questions.IndexOf(TextBox1.Text) 'search question number
If dtQAMain.Rows(AnswerRowCheck).Item("A") = sender.text Then 'checking answer
totalScore += 1
End If
TextBox1.Text = setTheQuestion() 'next question
setTheAnswer()
End Sub
End Class
The code had cover most of the necessary comment which include the idea and how it work. Random() and arraylist are the key for this program to function, just pay more attention on it. Good luck.

Answer 2

How about trying this?
Public Class Form1
Dim questions(5) As String
Dim answers(5) As String
Private Sub loadQsAndAs()
'Questions
questions(0) = "What is 1 + 1?"
questions(1) = "Who is the first man to walk on the Moon?"
questions(2) = "What is the name of the main character in the movie: Yes Man! (2007)"
questions(3) = "If I gave you three apples and you ate two, how many is left?"
questions(4) = "What do you want in your final grade?"
questions(5) = "What is the name of the thing(s) that you use whenever you eat?"
'Answers
answers(0) = "2"
answers(1) = "Neil Armstrong"
answers(2) = "Jim Carrey"
answers(3) = "1"
answers(4) = "A 4.0"
answers(5) = "A Spoon and Fork"
Dim random As New Random
Dim indices = { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }.OrderBy(Function (n) random.Next()).ToArray()
Dim question = random.Next(questions.Length - 1)
TextBox1.Text = questions(indices(question))
Button1.Text = answers(indices(0))
Button2.Text = answers(indices(1))
Button3.Text = answers(indices(2))
Button4.Text = answers(indices(3))
End Sub
End Class
That's it. Nice and simple. The key trick is creating a randomize indices array to do the lookups into the questions and answers arrays.

Answer 3

Private Dim rnd As Integer
Private Function setTheQuestion() As String
rnd = (CInt(Math.Ceiling(Rnd() * questions.Length)) + 1)
Return questions(rnd)
End Function
Private Function setTheAnswer1() As String
Return answers(rnd)
End Function