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Using JS to play random on click - would like to randomize

Discussion in 'JavaScript' started by jazzylee77, Dec 25, 2008.

  1. #1
    I'm doing something funny on a page. I've got it so when you click a link it plays a sound.

    Using this code in the head

    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
    function playSound(soundfile) {
    document.getElementById("dummy").innerHTML=
    "<embed src=\""+soundfile+"\" hidden=\"true\" autostart=\"true\" loop=\"false\" />";
    }
    </script>
    Code (markup):
    a dummy span on the page
    <span id="dummy"></span>
    Code (markup):
    and this to call it
    <a href="#" onclick="playSound('path to soundfile');">Click here</a>
    Code (markup):
    So far so good. Now I would like to make play a random sound.
     
    jazzylee77, Dec 25, 2008 IP
  2. phper

    phper Active Member

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    Put the file paths in an array, generate a random number that points to an index in the array and play that.

    var paths = new Array('path1', 'path2', 'path3');
    function playRandom ()
    {
       var index = Math.floor(Math.random() * paths.length);
       playSound(paths[index]);
    }
    Code (markup):
    And change your onclick event to call playRandom().
     
    phper, Dec 28, 2008 IP
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    jazzylee77 Peon

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    Thanks I knew it would be something like that. I'll pm a link when it is working later. It's kinda funny. :)
     
    jazzylee77, Dec 29, 2008 IP
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    Don't I need to change +soundfile+ to something here?
     
    jazzylee77, Dec 29, 2008 IP