macOS random messages

Keytachi said:

how do i use the random command? i want the computer to say randomly some phrases how do i do that?

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AppleScript said:

set amount_of_greetings to 5 -- set this to the amount of items in the variable below
set message_list to {"Hello", "Hi", "Waz up", "Howdy", "Long time no see"} -- add or modify the text in quotes

set message_number to random number from 1 to amount_of_greetings
set the_greeting to item message_number of message_list
display dialog return & the_greeting & "!" buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with icon 2

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Unorthodox said:

This AppleScript will do it.
The only changes you need to make to this script is to modify the top two variables.

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set message_list to {"Hello", "Hi", "Waz up", "Howdy", "Long time no see"} -- add or modify the text in quotes
set amount_of_greetings to the count of message_list 

set message_number to random number from 1 to amount_of_greetings
set the_greeting to item message_number of message_list
display dialog return & the_greeting & "!" buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with icon 2

Eraserhead said:

Good but,
>snip< is better, as the computer counts the list automatically.

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