# Random items from array

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-items-from-array/246902>\
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**Created:** [December 16, 2007, 4:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-items-from-array/246902 "2007-12-16T04:01:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![badmonur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@badmonur](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/badmonur)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 4:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-items-from-array/246902/1 "2007-12-16T04:01:37Z")

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I want to display multiple random objects of an array. My terrain array and terrain length have been declared elseware. How do i make that code produce more than one item from that array

```auto
function genTRN () {
_ter=random(_root.ter_len)
trn_txt.text=_root.terrain[_ter]

}

```