Inserting random breaks into a text/htmp document

@hhedayaMay 26.2008

Can anyone help me design a script that takes a paragraph of text such as

<p>It’s cool technology, but what about the humans? The debate still rages years after Semantic Web’s introduction.<P>

and inserts <fdfr> (random sets of 2 , 3 and 4 letters) in-between the words so it looks like:

<p>It’s c<gfr>ool tec<fd>hnol<gfgt>ogy, b<fdr>ut wh<llf>at ab<frd>ou<fdfr>t th<fgdf>e h<fdf>umans? T<gft>he d<vfdf>eba<cdfd>te s<df>till r<dfff>age<fdf>s y<df>ea<fgt>rs af<fdfr>ter S<fdf>emantic Web’s introduction.<P>

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@JMRKERMay 27.2008 — #Try this or modify to your needs: ?

[code=php]
 <html>
 <head>
 <title>Random Insert</title>
 <script type="text/javascript">
 function InsText() {
 var alpha = 'abcdedfghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz';
 var s = '&lt;';
 var r = Math.floor(Math.random()*2)+2;
 var p = 0;
 for (j=0; j<r; j++) {
 p = Math.floor(Math.random()*26);
 s += alpha.charAt(p);
 }
 s += '&gt;';
 return s;
 }
 function RandomInsert() {
 var p, t;
 var txt = document.getElementById('orig').innerHTML;
 var txtarr = txt.split('');
 var str = '';
 for (i=0; i<txtarr.length; i++) {
 str += txtarr[i];
 if (Math.random() < 0.25) { str += InsText(); }
 }
 //  alert(str);
 document.getElementById('rslt').innerHTML = str;
 }
 </script>
 </head>
 <body>
 <p>
 <div id='orig'>
 It's cool technology, but what about the humans? 
 The debate still rages years after Semantic Web's introduction.
 </div>
 <p>
 <button onClick="RandomInsert()">Random Insert</button>
 <div id="rslt"></div>
 </body>
 </html>
 [/code]

@hhedayaauthorMay 27.2008 — #I need to pick up the result with the coded words, this just seems to return the orig. sentence words.

the result should look like:

Th<fgrg>e Qui<fdf>ck Br<dfd>own F<gh>ox etc...Im i missing something?

@JMRKERMay 27.2008 — #I guess I'm missing something.

The result can be returned as the 'str' value at the end of

the 'RandomInsert()' function instead of posting to the <DIV> area.

Try putting an alert(str) at the end of the function to see the results to be returned.

How else do you want? Is it not working for you? Are you getting any errors?

@hhedayaauthorMay 27.2008 — #I would like the returned text to show the <random letters> so I can copy and paste it into a notepad file...

@JMRKERMay 27.2008 — #Instead of:

[code=php]
 <div id="rslt"></div> 
 [/code]

Try:

[code=php]
 <textarea id="rslt"></textarea> 
 [/code]

@hhedayaauthorMay 27.2008 — #this produces a script error:

<html>

<head>

<title>Random Insert</title>

<script type="text/javascript">

function InsText() {

var alpha = 'abcdedfghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz';

var s = '<';

var r = Math.floor(Math.random()*2)+2;

var p = 0;

for (j=0; j<r; j++) {

p = Math.floor(Math.random()*26);

s += alpha.charAt(p);

}

s += '>';

return s;

}

function RandomInsert() {

var p, t;

var txt = document.getElementById('orig').innerHTML;

var txtarr = txt.split('');

var str = '';

for (i=0; i<txtarr.length; i++) {

str += txtarr[i];

if (Math.random() < 0.25) { str += InsText(); }

}

// alert(str);

document.getElementById('rslt').innerHTML = str; } </script> </head> <body> <p> <div id='orig'> It's cool technology, but what about the humans?

The debate still rages years after Semantic Web's introduction.

</div>

<p>

<button onClick="RandomInsert()">Random Insert</button> <textarea id="rslt"></textarea> </body> </html>

@hhedayaauthorMay 27.2008 — #is there any way I can import source text from a .txt file ( a browse button) this is awsome!

@JMRKERMay 27.2008 — #Consider using an 'ajax' method to import your text.

Forum has a bunch of information and references for tutorials.

@hhedayaauthorMay 27.2008 — #How do I combine this AJAX script with my random text generator script:

AJAX

<script type="text/javascript">

var http = false;

if(navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") {

http = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");

} else {

http = new XMLHttpRequest();

}

function replace() {

http.open("GET", "test.txt", true);

http.onreadystatechange=function() {

if(http.readyState == 4) {

document.getElementById('foo').innerHTML = http.responseText;

}

}

http.send(null);

}

</script>

<p><a href="javascript:replace()">Replace Text</a></p>

<div id="foo">

Hello, world!

</div>

Random Text:

<html>

<head>

<title>Random Insert</title>

<script type="text/javascript">

function InsText() {

var alpha = 'abcdedfghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz';

var s = '<';

var r = Math.floor(Math.random()*2)+2;

var p = 0;

for (j=0; j<r; j++) {

p = Math.floor(Math.random()*26);

s += alpha.charAt(p);

}

s += '>';

return s;

}

function RandomInsert() {

var p, t;

var txt = document.getElementById('orig').innerHTML;

var txtarr = txt.split('');

var str = '';

for (i=0; i<txtarr.length; i++) {

str += txtarr[i];

if (Math.random() < 0.25) { str += InsText(); }

}

// alert(str);

document.getElementById('rslt').innerHTML = str; } </script> </head> <body> <p> <div id='orig'> If you can type and pay close attention to details, then we may have a position for you.

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<p>

<button onClick="RandomInsert()">Random Insert</button> <textarea id="rslt" rows="1" cols="20"></textarea> </body> </html>

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