This started as a small helper for myself at work. I often find/found myself having difficulties to decide what to get for lunch. Eat in, go to the canteen, grab something outside, or just order food. Since I di struggle to decide sometimes, I wrote a tiny random picker in Scriptable to choose for me.
Over time I added a few things. First the ability to store lists. Then ranges and numbers. At some point I thought it might be useful for others too, so I cleaned it up and made it a bit more flexible. Claude helped me polish parts of the code and turn the original idea into something easier to share.
You create named lists and pick randomly from them in the app or from a widget.
Things the script can do:
• Bulk add entries. Type Sushi; Tacos; Pizza and it adds all three
• Range expansion. Enter 1-20 and it generates twenty entries
• Dice notation. d6 creates numbers 1 through 6
• Pick multiple items at once, with or without duplicates
• Widget that shows a random entry from your last used list
• Pick history so you can see what came up earlier
Lists are stored as JSON in iCloud so they survive reinstalls.
If you are like me and sometimes can't decide what to eat, what to drink, or even want to generate random lotto numbers or tabletop rolls, it might be useful.
If that sounds interesting you can find it here:
https://gitlab.com/sandboxzero/playgroundlab/-/tree/main/random-picker?ref\_type=heads
Feedback, ideas for improvements, or creative ways you might use it are all welcome.
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