How to get a random statement from an array in javascript

Enthusiastor

Code: Javascript

2021-01-30 08:56:11

//get random value from array
var colors = ["red","blue","green","yellow"];
var randColor = colors[Math.floor(Math.random() * colors.length)];

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Pferdchen

Code: Javascript

2021-01-30 08:57:37

var colors = ["red","blue","green","yellow"];
var randomColor = colors[Math.floor(Math.random()*colors.length)]; //pluck a random color

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tiledmess

Code: Javascript

2021-01-30 08:53:58

var items = ['Yes', 'No', 'Maybe'];
var item = items[Math.floor(Math.random() * items.length)];

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The Hawk

Code: Javascript

2021-01-30 08:58:01

var myArray = [
  "Apples",
  "Bananas",
  "Pears"
];

var randomItem = myArray[Math.floor(Math.random()*myArray.length)];

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nunya

Code: Javascript

2021-01-30 08:58:24

var foodItems = ["Bannana", "Apple", "Orange"];
var theFood = foodItems[Math.floor(Math.random() * foodItems.length)];
/* Will pick a random number from the length of the array and will go to the
corosponding number in the array E.G: 0 = Bannana */

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user45067

Code: Javascript

2021-01-30 08:55:36

const months = ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"];
const randomMonth = months[Math.floor(Math.random() * months.length)];

console.log("random month =>", randomMonth);

7

user24986

Code: Javascript

2021-01-30 08:54:53

var item = items[Math.floor(Math.random() * items.length)];

1

alephzero

Code: Javascript

2021-05-25 14:16:17

array.sort(() => Math.random() - Math.random()).slice(0, n)

0

Felipe Goulart

Code: Javascript

2021-02-07 21:45:45

// List your array items
let Testing1 = ["put","things","here"]
let Generate = Math.floor((Math.random() * Testing1.length)); // Generates a number of the array.

// logs the result
console.log(Testing1[Generate])

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user2358943

Code: Javascript

2021-01-29 04:03:01

 const arr = myArray
      .map((a) => ({sort: Math.random(), value: a}))
      .sort((a, b) => a.sort - b.sort)
      .map((a) => a.value)

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