Getting a random object from NSArray without duplication

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You could do this by making a mutable copy of the array, and after you make a random selection from that array, remove that same object. When you want to save the array, save the mutable array itself, so can resume where you left off when the app restarts. This little test app does that, and just logs the value of the random pick:

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    self.objArray = @[@"1",@"2",@"3",@"4",@"5",@"6",@"7",@"8",@"9",@"10",@"11",@"12",@"13",@"14",@"15",@"16",@"17"];
    self.mut = [self.objArray mutableCopy];
}

-(IBAction)pickNumber:(id)sender {
    int index = arc4random_uniform(self.mut.count);
     NSLog(@"%@", self.mut[index]);
    [self.mut removeObjectAtIndex:index];
    if (self.mut.count == 0) {
        self.mut = [self.objArray mutableCopy];
        NSLog(@"*******************");
    }
}

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