js random number array code example

Example 1: javascript get random array value

//get random value from array
var colors = ["red","blue","green","yellow"];
var randColor = colors[Math.floor(Math.random() * colors.length)];

Example 2: how do you make a random array in javascript

// how to generate random words from an array
const Coins = ["Heads","Tails"]
let Generate = Math.floor((Math.random() * Coins.length));

console.log(Coins[Generate]) // this will print the outcome

Example 3: generate random number array javascript from principal array

let numbers = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20],
    generated = [];
for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
    let random_index;
    while(!random_index)
    {
        let tmp = Math.floor(Math.random() * numbers.length);        
        if( !generated.filter( (g) => numbers[tmp] == g).length )
            random_index = tmp;
    }
    generated.push(numbers[random_index]);
}
console.log(generated);

Example 4: get random item from array javascript

let items = [12, 548 , 'a' , 2 , 5478 , 'foo' , 8852, , 'Doe' , 2145 , 119];

let  randomItem = items[Math.floor(Math.random() * items.length)];