Sort-of-random image generator?

Say that I have 1000 pictures and they're divided into 15 categories.
Would it be possible to make a random generator program that give these categories different values, so that a first image is chosen at random as well as how many images will show in a sequence, but that depending on the value of the category that the image is in, the following images are chosen at random from specific categories?

Example:
Program starts up and generates how mnany pictures will show and the starting picture is randomly chosen the be a picture from the 7th category (value=7). Following image will be chosen from category 9, following that will be a category 3 picture etc. until the right number of pictures have been displayed.

 

I'd like to try and give it a shot myself, but I needsome guidance since I haven't tried coding earlier. So tutorials and tipsare appreciated =)

Yeah, generating the first two numbers wouldn't be any problem, it's about having the images following the first that I'm more confused about. If an image from folder 2 is chosen, and the followed image must be an image from folder 4, how would I go about that? Also, to have the last image in the sequence to be from a certain folder or sub-folder.

 

No pattern, just a randomly chosen starting point and an end point chosen from a subfolder.

Also, pm'd ^^

 

Shouldn't be too hard with PHP

 

if you are referring to php, it should be simple...

i don't understand what you mean by the categories though...

can't you just use

psuedocode:
$rand= rand(1,???)
<img src = '/images/".$rand.".gif'>
blah blah blah

 

it sounds hard to generate images c#. especially divide into so many categories. and the image should be displayed in a certain sequence. hope it get done quickly.

 

Its not really generating if I read the first message correctly.

Its more like picking a random sequence of images out of a database according to catagories - Not that hard to write out in c#

 

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