How can randomize or shuffle data in JavaScript?

Question

Hi there,

I want to randomize or shuffle the list of movie names and always want to come up with completely unique movie names.

For example, this is my list of movie names:

1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. The Godfather
3. Fight Club
4. Inception
5. Goodfellas
6. Seven Samurai
7. The Matrix

Actually, I am want to create a similar type of website for my own project.
Here is a sample site: https://randomoutputs.com/random-movie-generator

Please kindly help me, with an easy and understandable way, I am relatively new to javascript.

Thanks

Answer 1

function getRandomMovies(movies) {
const length = movies.length;
const index = Math.floor(Math.random()*length);
return movies[index];
}

const movieList = [
"The Shawshank Redemption",
"The Godfather",
"Fight Club",
"Inception",
"Goodfellas",
"Seven Samurai",
"The Matrix"
];

const movie = getRandomMovies(movieList);

console.log("Random movie title: " + movie);

https://code.sololearn.com/W4HagYj7DH4Q/?ref=app