Here is how: Automatically output random pre-written text

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My contribution: Automatically select random text

PROBLEM: You have a certain number of text phrases. You want to automate randomly inserting one of the text phrases.

/TriggersTheAction

{list=["Its a wonderful life", "To be or not to be that is the question", "Lex ordandi lex credendi"]}

{=list[ceil(random() * count(list))]}

SOLUTION: /TriggersTheAction outputs one of the above phrases like "Lex ordandi lex credendi"

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Cool stuff @B_Strong!

On a side note, the TB forums allow you to post snippet previews like this:

{list=["Its a wonderful life", "To be or not to be that is the question", "Lex ordandi lex credendi"]}

{=list[ceil(random() * count(list))]}

You can do it by clicking on the "Gear" icon in the text editor window.

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I want to make this even better @scott or @Cedric_Debono_Blaze can you help?

How would script look for a set of random phrases, followed by a second set of random phrases, then a third, and so on...? I know this does not work:

{list=["Its a wonderful life", "To be or not to be that is the question", "Lex ordandi lex credendi"]}
{=list[ceil(random() * count(list))]}

{list=["rain in Spain", "platonic thought is apriori thinking", "Lex vivendi"]}
{=list[ceil(random() * count(list))]}

{list=["Shall we dance?", "Rage against the night", "My wild hair rules the day"]}
{=list[ceil(random() * count(list))]}

Whereby desired output could be this:

Lex ordandi Lex cedendi
rain in Spain
My wild hair rules the day

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You'll want to do something like

{list=["Its a wonderful life", "To be or not to be that is the question", "Lex ordandi lex credendi"]}
{=list[ceil(random() * count(list))]}

{list2=["rain in Spain", "platonic thought is apriori thinking", "Lex vivendi"]}
{=list2[ceil(random() * count(list2))]}

{list3=["Shall we dance?", "Rage against the night", "My wild hair rules the day"]}
{=list3[ceil(random() * count(list3))]}

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SO EASY!!! --I bang my head with gratitude only surpassed by amazement.

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@scott and/or @Cedric_Debono_Blaze

Given multiple text phrase =lists, what is the best way to change-up the order? For example:

Given:
{=list1[ceil(random() * count(list1))]; trim=yes}
{=list2[ceil(random() * count(list2))]; trim=yes}
{=list3[ceil(random() * count(list3))]; trim=yes}
{=list4[ceil(random() * count(list4))]; trim=yes}

Keep list1 and list4 in the same position, but Randomize list2 and list3 so that at random times the order output might be the result of this:
{=list1[ceil(random() * count(list1))]; trim=yes}
{=list3[ceil(random() * count(list3))]; trim=yes}
{=list2[ceil(random() * count(list2))]; trim=yes}
{=list4[ceil(random() * count(list4))]; trim=yes}

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You can do something like:

{=list1[ceil(random() * count(list1))]; trim=yes}
{if: random() > .5}
{=list2[ceil(random() * count(list2))]; trim=yes}
{=list3[ceil(random() * count(list3))]; trim=yes}
{else}
{=list3[ceil(random() * count(list2))]; trim=yes}
{=list2[ceil(random() * count(list3))]; trim=yes}
{endif}
{=list4[ceil(random() * count(list4))]; trim=yes}