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Re^2: Show different text based on random number

by kevbot (Vicar)
on Apr 23, 2016 at 05:03 UTC ( [id://1161291]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Show different text based on random number
in thread Show different text based on random number

I like your version, since you don't have to list the text files in the script...and you can add a choice simply by adding a file to the directory. It inspired me to update my version:
#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use Path::Tiny; my $dir_path = path('text_files'); my @choices = $dir_path->children; unless( scalar @choices > 0 ){ die "No text files found in $dir_path"; } my $random_path = $choices[rand scalar @choices]; my $text = $random_path->slurp; print "The text is: $text\n"; exit;

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