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Asked: 2026-06-01T12:27:13+00:00

I’m trying to create a random generator and on another page if found a

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I’m trying to create a random generator and on another page if found a hint, that this would be easy using jQuery, so I tried the following.

<html>
 <head>
  <title>hello</title>
 </head>
 <body>
  <script type="text/javascript">
   $ (document).ready(function() {
    $("body").load("hello.txt", function(msg) {
        var textArray = msg.split("\n");
    var zufall = Math.round ( ( textArray.length - 1 ) * ( Math.random() ) );
    });
   });
   document.write('<p>' + textArray[zufall] + '</p>');
  </script>
 </body>
</html>

it should work like this:
it loads a document with several lines of text ans splits it up at line break. this should be stored in an array and a random line should be displayed on the website.

My first idea was to write the text directly into an array but I thought loading it would be more efficient for the website.

Thanks for answering

PS: there isn’t a error-message like “Error on this page” when the browser runs it.

Final Edit:

Thanks for helping!!!
Now it works.

Here’s the solution:

<html>
    <head>
        <title>hello</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5/jquery.min.js"></script>
            <script type="text/javascript">
            $ (document).ready(function() {
                 $.get("hello.txt", function(msg) {
                    var textArray = msg.split("\n");
            var zufall = Math.round ( ( textArray.length - 1 ) * ( Math.random() ) );

            $('body').append('<p>' + textArray[zufall] + '</p>');
                });
            });
        </script>
    </body>
</html>
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  1. Editorial Team

    Try this alternate solution

    $(document).ready(function() {
    $.ajax({ 
        url: "hello.txt",
        type: "GET",
        dataType: "text",
        success: function(data) {
            textArray = data.split("\n");
            zufall = Math.round ( ( textArray.length - 1 ) * ( Math.random() ) );
             document.write('<p>' + textArray[zufall] + '</p>');
        }
    });
});

    Also make sure you have included the jquery file.

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