How to randomize two characters in multiple Lines?

Question

I need a random number of 1-4 "X" while the remaining 6-9 characters are all going to be "O". This entire output needs to be printed into 10 lines within the console.
What I have so far is that I can generate 6 "O" and a random number from 1-4 of "X". However, I have no clue on how to make it happen that the X are randomly spread through the O and that the O will fill up the missing X.
In other words: If the code generates only 2 "X" I need to have 8 "O", in order to make 10 characters. Now I also have to print it into 10 lines.
I happen to be really new to java so the following code is all I have so far.
import java.util.Random;
  
class GFG { 
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
        test();
    }

public static void test() {
        Random r = new Random();
        int i = r.nextInt(4)+1;

for (int k=5; k<=5; k++) {
            for (int m=0; m<=k; m++) {
                System.out.println("O");
            }
            for (int j=0; j<=i; j++) {
                System.out.println("X");
            }
        }
    }
}

Omid.N · Accepted Answer

This method generates one line like the ones you desire :

public static String randomLine() {
    ArrayList<Character> characters= new ArrayList<>();

    Random random=new Random();
    int k=random.nextInt(4) + 1;
    for (int i = 1; i <= k; i++) {
        characters.add('X');
        
    }
    while(characters.size()<10) {
        characters.add('O');
    }
    Collections.shuffle(characters); //  Shuffling !!!
    String str="";
    
    for(int i=0;i<10;i++)
        str=str+characters.get(i);
    return str;
    
}

You can change the return type to ArrayList<Character> if you want.
Now, to get 10 of such lines you can run the following code:

for(int i=0;i<10;i++)
    System.out.println(randomLine());

PanosPaP · Answer

Here is an optional code closer to yours
CODE:
import java.util.Random;
  
class main { 
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
        test();
    }

public static void test() {
        Random r = new Random();
        int i = r.nextInt(4)+1;

int countX=0;
        for (int j=0; j<10; j++){
            int p=r.nextInt(2);
            if (p==1) {
                System.out.println("O");
            }           
            else{
              if(countX<i){
              System.out.println("X");
              countX+=1;
              }
              else{
                  System.out.println("O");
              }
            }
            
        }
    }
}

RANDOM OUTPUT:
X
X
X
O
X
O
O
O
O
O

solid.py · Answer

Using the Java8 Stream library you can solve your problem more efficiently with less lines of code.
This test() function has inputs x which controls how many X are going to be printed ranging from 1 to x, and  n which controls how many X or O will be printed in a separate line, as you requested.
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.stream.*;

class CFG {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        test(4, 10);
    }

public static void test(int x, int n) {
        Random random = new Random();
        int countX = 1 + random.nextInt(x);
        
        String str = random
                .ints(1, n + 1)
                .distinct()
                .limit(n)
                .mapToObj(i -> i <= countX ? "X" : "O")
                .collect(Collectors.joining("n"));

System.out.println(str);
    }
}

Random Output:
X
O
O
X
O
O
O
O
X
O

Alex Rudenko · Answer

You may use existing Arrays.shuffle / Collections.shuffle to randomize the array/collection of your data after creating an array/list containing random number of Xs: public static List getRandomXOs() { Random random = new Random(); int countX = 1 + random.nextInt(4); List xos = IntStream.range(0, 10) .mapToObj(i -> i < countX ? "X" : "O") .collect(Collectors.toList()); Collections.shuffle(xos); return xos; } // ------- // test for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) { System.out.println(getRandomXOs()); } Output (random): [O, O, O, O, X, X, X, O, O, X] [X, O, O, O, O, X, X, O, X, O] [O, O, O, O, O, X, O, O, O, X] [X, O, O, O, O, O, O, O, O, O] [O, X, X, O, O, O, O, X, O, O]

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