JAVASCRIPT

pick a random element from an array javascript

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

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

javascript select random element from array

let fruits = ["Apple", "Banana", "Mango", "Orange"]; // array
let index = Math.floor(Math.random() * fruits.length); // random index
console.log(fruits[index]); // result

random choice js array

function choose(choices) {
  var index = Math.floor(Math.random() * choices.length);
  return choices[index];
}

select a random element from from items array

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

javascript array random selector

let index=Math.floor(Math.random()*quotes.length);
<!--This will give a random quote-->
quotes[index];

select a random item from a list javascript

//This is an example of a Temporal Literal
lunchParty = ["Angela", "Ben", "Jenny", "Michael", "Chloe"];

function whosPaying(names) {
    let upperBound = names.length;
    let PersonBuyingLunch = Math.floor(Math.random() * upperBound)
    return names[PersonBuyingLunch] 
}
//below are backticks, not single quotes
alert(`${whosPaying(lunchParty)} is buying lunch today`)

whosePaying(lunchParty)