How can I return a random value from an array?

You can store the messages array and calculate the message to show as you go, like this:

var messages = ["Good!", "Great!", "Awesome!", "Super!", "Nice!"];
function getMessage() {
   return messages[Math.floor(Math.random() * messages.length)];
}

Give it a try here, then just call getMessage in your .text() call, like this:

label.addClass("valid").text(getMessage());

We can add Method to Array.

Array.prototype.getRandomVal = function(){
    return this[Math.floor(Math.random()*this.length)];
};

messages.getRandomVal();

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Javascript