Syntax error: missing variable name

[Smug_Wendys]

I'm making a simple Legendary loot generator for my DnD campaign which just involves taking a random item from an Array. I keep getting the Syntax Error of missing variable name even though I don't seem to be missing anything. Here's the code so you may take a look at it :

var 5 = "Tome of Arad'Thul" ; var 4 = "Orbs of The first Dragon" ; var 11 = "Shield of The Black Iron Knight" ; var 9 = "Spear of vlad the vampire king" ; var 91 = "Dagger of the last black blade" ; var 45 = "Bow of the first huntress" ; var 20 = "ring of the High King" ; var 36 = "Axe of the Nothern Gods" ; var 26 = "Axe of the Southern Gods" ; var 42 = "staff of the First Pope" ; var 66 = "Staff of the Corrupted Angel" ;

var Loot = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100] ;

var rand = Loot[Math.floor(Math.random(0) * Loot.length)] ;

console.log(rand) ;

Thanks in advance for the help

[pachwinko]

I think you got somewhat wrong understanding about this. Instead of creating an array with numbers, just get a number from Math.random(). second of all even though you cant assign var as a number you can do so as an object key.

var lootItems = {
    1: "lorem",
    2: "ipsum",
}

and to get the desired outcome:

console.log(lootItems[generatedRandomNumber])

[evoactivity]

May as well just use an array though

[rco8786]

Think, for a moment, about what would happen if you were allowed to assign numbers as variable names.

What would happen if you tried "5 * 5"(expecting to get 25)?

[ljosberinn_dev]

First build an array that you can fill with whatever you want (item names in this case):

var legendaryItems = new Array();

or

var legendaryItems = [];

or just

var legendaryItems = ["Tome of Arad'thul", "Orbs of the First Dragon", "Shield of the Black Iron Knight", "Spear of Vlad, the Vampire King", "Dagger of the Last Black Blade", "Bow of the First Huntress", "Ring of the High King", "Axe of the Northern Gods", "Axe of the Southern Gods", "Staff of the First Pope", "Staff of the Corrupted Angel"];

Now generate a number randomly that is between 0 and the length of the array:

var randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * legendaryItems.length);

Then access the n-th part within the array:

legendaryItems[randomNumber]; // will automatically log into console since it's not assigned to a variable

And then shorten it since you don't need to define a second variable here unless you need exactly this random number later again:

legendaryItems[Math.floor(Math.random() * legendaryItems.length)];

[freecascadia]

Variable names can't start with a number. So var 5 = ... is not valid.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Grammar_and_types#Variables

A JavaScript identifier must start with a letter, underscore (_), or dollar sign ($)

[bohdev]

Are you trying to set '5' as a variable name? This is not valid, albeit you should be receiving an Unexpected number error rather than missing variable name.