A Random Text Generator

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A Random Text Generator

Custom Lorem Ipsum/Random Text Generator - add your own lines and go!

A Pen by Nolan Luna on CodePen.

License.

index.html

<div class="container">
  
		<h1>Your Ipsum<h1>
      
		<h2>A Random Text Generator</h2>
      
			<form action="" method="GET" name="options" id="options">
					
        <div class="pnum">
          					<label for="pnum">Number of Paragraph(s):</label>
					<input type="number" id="pnum" name="pnum" value="3" step="1" min="1" max="10" required />

				</div>
        
				<div class="plength">
						<p>Length of Paragraph(s): </p>
						<div class="plength-radio">
					    <input type="radio" id="sm-p" name="psize" class="psize" value="7" checked />
					    <label for="sm-p">Short</label>
					    <input type="radio" id="md-p" name="psize" class="psize" value="19" />
					    <label for="md-p">Medium</label>
					    <input type="radio" id="lg-p" name="psize" class="psize" value="42" />
					    <label for="lg-p">Long</label>
				    </div>
				</div>
				<div class="checkbox">
						<label for="first">Start text with "Random ipsum dolor sit..."</label>
            <input type="checkbox" name="first" id="first" />
				</div>
        
			</form>
      
			<input type="submit" id="btn" value="Generate Text!">

    	<div id="random"></div>
</div>

script.js

let btn = document.querySelector('#btn');
let blockDisp = document.querySelector('#random');
let first = "Random ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.";
let lines = [
  	"",
	  "This is one sentence.",
    "This is another sentence.",
    "You can put anything you want in here.",
    "Words.",
    "Quotes from movies, books, people.",
    "Anything goes!"
];

function blockRequest() {
	let data = document.getElementById("options");
	let pnum = Number(data.querySelector("#pnum").value);
	let psize = Number(data.querySelector("input.psize:checked").value);
	let firstLine = document.getElementById("first").checked;

	blockRequest.createParagraph = function() {
	let size = psize;
	let paragraph = "";
		for (var i = 0; i < size; i++){
		paragraph += (lines[Math.floor(Math.random() * lines.length)] + " ");
		}
		return paragraph;
	};

	blockRequest.createBlock = function(numberOfParagraphs){
	let allParagraphs = [];
		if (firstLine === true){
		allParagraphs.push(first + " " + this.createParagraph());
		while (allParagraphs.length > 0 && allParagraphs.length < pnum) {
			allParagraphs.push(this.createParagraph());
		}
		} else {
		while (allParagraphs.length < pnum) {
			allParagraphs.push(this.createParagraph());
		}
		};
		let phtml = "";
		allParagraphs.forEach(function(p) {
		phtml += "<p>" + p + "</p>";
	});
		return phtml;
	};

	blockDisp.innerHTML= blockRequest.createBlock(pnum);
};

btn.addEventListener("click", blockRequest);

style.css

body {
  margin: 0;
  background-color: #725599;
  background-image:
    linear-gradient(#725599, #aaa);
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-attachment: fixed;
}
.container {
  display: flex;
	flex-direction: column;
	align-items: center;
	justify-content: center;
  font-family: 'Montserrat', sans-serif;
	width: 500px;
	height: auto;
	margin: 0 auto;
	padding: 25px 50px;
  border-radius: 6px;
  border: 1px solid #fff;
  color: #fff;
}	

.container h1 {
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
}

.plength {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-around;
}

.checkbox {
  padding-bottom: 15px;
}

#btn  {
  border-radius: 6px;
  border: 1px solid #fff;
  color: #fff;
  padding: 1rem;
  font-family: 'Montserrat', sans-serif;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-weight: 600;
  background-color: transparent;
}