Assign a random element from an array.

[Nash]

Hi,

I need to do something like: {% assign foo = some_array | rand %},
but this doesn't work.

How can I have foo contain a random element from some_array?

Thanks.


-Nash

[Tobias Lütke]

You would probably have to write your own {% assign_random %} tag

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[Daniel]

sounds cool, how do you write your own tags? any tutorials out there
on that?

On Aug 7, 8:58 am, "Tobias Lütke" <tobias.lue...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You would probably have to write your own {% assign_random %} tag
>

[Nash]

Hi Tobi,

Is this the syntax you had in mind: {% assign_random foo =
some_array %} ?

I'm thinking have {% assign_random %} return a random element from
the array, but if some_array is not actually an array, it would behave
just like {% assign %}

Thanks.


-Nash

On Aug 7, 10:58 am, "Tobias Lütke" <tobias.lue...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You would probably have to write your own {% assign_random %} tag
>

> On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Nash <nkabb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> >  I need to do something like:  {%  assign foo = some_array | rand %},
> > but this doesn't work.
>
> >  How can I have foo contain a random element from some_array?
>
> >  Thanks.
>
> > -Nash
>
> --