Module:RandomText

Template:RandomText is used like this:

{{RandomText <-- Template Name

|option 1 <-- You need to use a | before the first option

option 2 <-- Options are separated by new line

option n <-- There are no limit of options

}} <-- Don't forget to close the template

---

local p = {}

function p.pp(text)
    return mw.getCurrentFrame():preprocess(text)
end

function p.randomizeText (frame)
	local args = frame:getParent().args
	local textArray = {}
	local allText = frame.args[1]
	for word in string.gmatch(allText, '([^;]+)') do
    	table.insert(textArray, word)
	end

	math.randomseed(os.time())
	local randomIndex = math.random(table.getn(textArray))
	return textArray[randomIndex]
end

return p