Comments on: jQuery :random filter

By: Philip

Philip — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:59:31 +0000

Sorry using this one:

jQuery.extend({
random: function(X) {
return Math.floor(X * (Math.random() % 1));
},
randomBetween: function(MinV, MaxV) {
return MinV + jQuery.random(MaxV – MinV + 1);
}
});

By: Philip

Philip — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:57:50 +0000

I used it for a random starting carousel using sorgalla.com Jcarousel. Thank you very much, here is the example code:

$(".banner_carousel").jcarousel({
auto:6,
start:$.random($(".banner_carousel li").size()),
scroll:2,
wrap: 'circular'

});

By: Waldek Mastykarz

Waldek Mastykarz — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:01:22 +0000

@Renee: the script I showed you allows you to pick a random item, not shuffle list items in a random order. I think you would need a whole different script for your scenario. Have you already tried looking up the jQuery plugins gallery?

By: Renee

Renee — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:07:34 +0000

Can you provide any additional insight regarding using this snippet to display list items (li) in a random order?

Many thanks for your work!

By: Allain Lalonde

Allain Lalonde — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:38:22 +0000

Great snippet.

For some reason I had to change my query slightly from:

$("#section1 .links a:random")

To:
$("#section1 .links").find("a:random").

r.length was considerably higher than it should have been in the first case, but the second selector worked fine.

Thoughts?

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By: Waldek Mastykarz

Waldek Mastykarz — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:32:14 +0000

@keo: could you provide some more information on how you're using it (eg. what is your HTML and what is your selector)?

By: keo

keo — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:38:14 +0000

Hi, thanks for the snippet it works fine but I'm getting same error that Alexandre de Oliveira in IE(8)
please, you can fixed it?
thank you!

By: David Millar

David Millar — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:14:43 +0000

Thank you for the awesome snippet of code! I'm currently working on a for-fun project making a story engine similar to text adventure games, and have been looking for good ways to randomize and limit options, and this will work perfectly!

By: Waldek Mastykarz

Waldek Mastykarz — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:28:34 +0000

@Alexandre de Oliveira: it took a while, but I've just tested it in IE8 and it works perfectly. Could you provide any more details about your scenario?