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Get a random fortune
Contributed by:
Rick Hennigan
ResourceFunction["RandomFortune"][] gets a random, hopefully interesting, adage. | |
ResourceFunction["RandomFortune"][n] gets n random fortunes. |
Details and Options
RandomFortune is based on the Unix program fortune.
RandomFortune has the following option:
| "DataSource" | Automatic | a file containing fortunes to use |
The value for "DataSource" should be a file, URL, CloudObject or LocalObject containing plaintext fortunes delimited by "%".
Examples
Basic Examples (5)
Get a random fortune:
| In[1]:= | ![ResourceFunction["RandomFortune"][]](https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/resourcesystem/images/73d/73dfa851-9016-491e-977d-1b4df98e16ec/65e3f5416617dda1.png){kind=small} |
| Out[1]= |  |
Get another fortune:
| In[2]:= | ![ResourceFunction["RandomFortune"][]](https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/resourcesystem/images/73d/73dfa851-9016-491e-977d-1b4df98e16ec/67e520e428df3236.png){kind=small} |
| Out[2]= |  |
Have a bird say your fortune:
| In[3]:= | ![ResourceFunction["RandomFortune"][] // ResourceFunction["BirdSay"]](https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/resourcesystem/images/73d/73dfa851-9016-491e-977d-1b4df98e16ec/71b4dec222410039.png){kind=small} |
| Out[3]= |  |
Get multiple fortunes (some might consider this cheating):
| In[4]:= | ![ResourceFunction["RandomFortune"][3]](https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/resourcesystem/images/73d/73dfa851-9016-491e-977d-1b4df98e16ec/4d7a7d14289442b3.png){kind=small} |
| Out[4]= |  |
Get your fortune in a dialog window:
| In[5]:= | ![MessageDialog[ResourceFunction["RandomFortune"][]]](https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/resourcesystem/images/73d/73dfa851-9016-491e-977d-1b4df98e16ec/1d579a303a3aa460.png){kind=small} |
| Out[5]= |  |
Options (2)
DataSource (2)
A source file containing fortunes (delimited by "%") can be specified:
| In[6]:= |  |
| Out[6]= |  |
| In[7]:= | ![file = Export[CreateFile[], data, "Text"]](https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/resourcesystem/images/73d/73dfa851-9016-491e-977d-1b4df98e16ec/03484c4732e88372.png){kind=small} |
| Out[7]= |  |
| In[8]:= | ![ResourceFunction["RandomFortune"]["DataSource" -> file]](https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/resourcesystem/images/73d/73dfa851-9016-491e-977d-1b4df98e16ec/0cfddd2d56eb3e00.png){kind=small} |
| Out[8]= |  |
Specify a URL as the data source:
| In[9]:= | ![ResourceFunction["RandomFortune"][3, "DataSource" -> "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bmc/fortunes/master/fortunes"]](https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/resourcesystem/images/73d/73dfa851-9016-491e-977d-1b4df98e16ec/052dd02705acda92.png){kind=small} |
| Out[9]= |  |
Related Links
Requirements
Wolfram Language 11.3 (March 2018) or above
Version History
- 1.0.0 – 13 February 2019
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License Information
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License