Pickrand()

Description

FUNCTION: pickrand(word1 word2 <…wordN[,delimiter])

This function picks a random element from a list. It’s faster than first(shuffle(foo)) or extract(foo,rand(words(foo)),1). delimiter is an optional one-character output delimiter.

Related Topics: die(), lrand(), rand(), shuffle(), first(), extract()

Examples

> say pickrand(foo bar baz)

You say “bar”

Pick a random DOING when you connect:

> &LIST.DOINGS me=Doing This|Doing That|Doing The Other Thing

> @aconnect me=@DOING pickrand(v(LIST.DOINGS),|)

((LOGOUT and reconnect))

> say doing(me)

You say, “Doing That”

Server Differences

On PennMUSH this function is called randword(), though typically pickrand() is set as an alias for it.