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    force Former Community Award Winner Jan '04 #1

    Is there a way in javascript to display random lines of text (ie quotes) from a txt file? I know PHP
    has this ability, but the server I’m working with does not support PHP.

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    awestmoreland American't Jan '04 #2

    force_flow2002:

    Is there a way in javascript to display random lines of text (ie quotes) from a txt file?

    In short: No, because Javascript doesn’t have the ability to read external files for security
    reasons.

    In long: It’s possible to refer to an external Javascript which defines the quotes. Here’s one using
    some quotes used on a canoeing website I created some time ago: DEMO

    <html>
    <head>
    <title>Random Quotes</title>
    <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="quoteArra
    <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
    <!--
    function getQuote(){

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    var thisquote=Math.floor(Math.random()*(quotes.length));
    document.write(quotes[thisquote]);
    }
    //-->
    </script>
    </head>
    <body>
    <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
    <!--
    getQuote();
    //-->
    </script>
    </body>
    </html>

    Contents of quoteArray.js:

    var quotes=new Array();


    quotes[0]="<q>Quote 1</q>";
    quotes[1]="<q>Quote 2</q>";
    ...

    You can refresh the demo site to show a new quote.


    If you set the function to run onLoad however, you will get the same quote each time.

    Andy

    force Former Community Award Winner Jan '04 #3

    Thanks, Andy

    CLOSED OCT 8, '14

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