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Random List Item Selector

World's Simplest List Tool

This is a super simple browser-based application that randomly selects items from a list. By default, it selects one random item but you can also pick two, three, or more random items. The picked items don't repeat but in the options, you can enable or disable the repetitions of items. You can use any separators for the input list items and you can also remove empty items from being selected. Additionally, the output list of picked items can use any joining characters. Created by list geeks from team Browserling.

Random List Item Selector

World's Simplest List Tool

This is a super simple browser-based application that randomly selects items from a list. By default, it selects one random item but you can also pick two, three, or more random items. The picked items don't repeat but in the options, you can enable or disable the repetitions of items. You can use any separators for the input list items and you can also remove empty items from being selected. Additionally, the output list of picked items can use any joining characters. Created by list geeks from team Browserling.

Tool Options

Item Delimiter

The input item delimiters are matched by a character or a string (specify below).
The input item delimiters are matched by a regular expression (specify below).
Delimiting character (or string) or a regular expression.

Selector Options

Select this many random items.
Allow the same item to be selected more than once.
If the items have no symbols (have just whitespaces), then do not select them.

Picked Item Delimiter

Set the picked item joiner symbol.

What Is a Random List Item Selector?

With this online utility, you can randomly select one or more items from a list. The items of a list can be anything that you can type in the text format and they can be entered in any format. To separate each list item, you can use the input list delimiter option. Here, you can specify a character separator (for example, if the list is comma-separated, then it's a comma, or if it's semicolon-separated, then it's a semicolon) or a regular expression separator (for example, if there is both a comma and semicolon between the list items). When the items are separated, the program automatically extracts random items from the list and displays them in the output field. You can specify the number of items you want to pick in the options. You can also control whether you want the same item to be selected multiple times via the "Allow Repeated Items" option. Sometimes, lists have a bunch of empty elements in them (often as a result of copy/pasting from PDF documents), and to make sure no empty items are selected, there's an additional "Skip Empty Items" option. If more than one random item is selected in the output, you can re-format this list and set a new separator character that goes between the items. Listabulous!

What Is a Random List Item Selector?

With this online utility, you can randomly select one or more items from a list. The items of a list can be anything that you can type in the text format and they can be entered in any format. To separate each list item, you can use the input list delimiter option. Here, you can specify a character separator (for example, if the list is comma-separated, then it's a comma, or if it's semicolon-separated, then it's a semicolon) or a regular expression separator (for example, if there is both a comma and semicolon between the list items). When the items are separated, the program automatically extracts random items from the list and displays them in the output field. You can specify the number of items you want to pick in the options. You can also control whether you want the same item to be selected multiple times via the "Allow Repeated Items" option. Sometimes, lists have a bunch of empty elements in them (often as a result of copy/pasting from PDF documents), and to make sure no empty items are selected, there's an additional "Skip Empty Items" option. If more than one random item is selected in the output, you can re-format this list and set a new separator character that goes between the items. Listabulous!


Random List Item Selector Examples

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Pick a Random Email

In this example, eight participants in a reader competition left their emails. We wanted to select one contest winner, so we split the vertical list of emails by the newline character and set the number of output items equal to 1. This way, we selected one winner, and it turns out it was our most loyal reader Zalgo.

supermario34@me.com sabrina_098@yahoo.com zalgocomes@gmail.com dragonViserion@mail.de sumgreen@msn.com yanggeek@live.com barneybear@att.net superspider@mac.com
zalgocomes@gmail.com
Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
The input item delimiters are matched by a character or a string (specify below).
Delimiting character (or string) or a regular expression.
Select this many random items.
Allow the same item to be selected more than once.
If the items have no symbols (have just whitespaces), then do not select them.
Set the picked item joiner symbol.
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Select 3 Schools from a List

In this example, we needed to select three schools to participate in a grant. To make sure our selection wasn't biased and no school had an advantage over any other school, we used our random selection algorithm. Our algorithm gives each item in a list an equal chance of winning. As the school names are separated by a semicolon followed by a newline, we split them by the regular expression "/;\n?/g". We extract the three winners and display them in a column.

Asheville School; The Putney School; Episcopal High School; St. Andrew’s School; Phillips Academy; Church Farm School; St. Paul’s School; The Thacher School
Episcopal High School Phillips Academy St. Paul’s School
Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
The input item delimiters are matched by a regular expression (specify below).
Delimiting character (or string) or a regular expression.
Select this many random items.
Allow the same item to be selected more than once.
If the items have no symbols (have just whitespaces), then do not select them.
Set the picked item joiner symbol.
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Pick Four Random Phone Numbers

In this example, we're working with a list of phone numbers and we pick four random numbers from it. The numbers are separated by a comma plus a space but the list is dirty and there are many extra commas in it. To make sure we don't select empty phone numbers, we use the "Skip Empty Items" option. As we don't require unique list items in the output, we also activate the "Allow Repeated Items" option so that the same phone number can be picked several times.

(920)871-8689, (795)554-144, , , (370)621-2104, (301)930-0233, (333)260-6063, (317)223-1375, (943)782-1138, , , (659)605-7424
(943)782-1138; (943)782-1138; (317)223-1375; (795)554-144
Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
The input item delimiters are matched by a character or a string (specify below).
Delimiting character (or string) or a regular expression.
Select this many random items.
Allow the same item to be selected more than once.
If the items have no symbols (have just whitespaces), then do not select them.
Set the picked item joiner symbol.

Pro tips Master online list tools

You can pass input to this tool via ?input query argument and it will automatically compute output. Here's how to type it in your browser's address bar. Click to try!

https://onlinetools.com/list/randomly-select-item?input=supermario34%40me.com%0Asabrina_098%40yahoo.com%0Azalgocomes%40gmail.com%0AdragonViserion%40mail.de%0Asumgreen%40msn.com%0Ayanggeek%40live.com%0Abarneybear%40att.net%0Asuperspider%40mac.com&string-separator=true&input-separator=%255Cn&count=1&join-character=%255Cn&with-repetitions=false&skip-empty-items=false

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Quickly print all distinct items of a list.
Quickly print all repeating items of a list.
Quickly count the number of items in a list.
Quickly display list items in multiple colors.
Quickly generate a list of arbitrary length with arbitrary items.
Quickly generate a random length list with random items.
Quickly find certain items in a list.
Quickly find how many times each item appears in the list.
Quickly replace certain items in a list with new items.
Quickly remove items from a list that match a pattern.
Quickly print all list items in reverse order.
Quickly sort list items alphabetically or numerically.
Quickly shuffle list items and make it random.
Quickly randomly pick one or more items from a list.
Quickly create a downloadable image from a list.
Quickly set a new delimiter for items in a list.
Quickly remove the symbol that separates list items.
Quickly change list item delimiters to the same symbol.
Quickly remove items from the beginning or end of a list.
Quickly join all items of a list together.
Quickly create groups of multiple list items.
Quickly extract a part of a list.
Quickly remove all empty items from a list.
Quickly remove whitespace characters around list items.
Quickly create multiple copies of a list.
Quickly rotate list items to the left or right (or up and down).
Quickly enumerate list items and add a counter to them.
Quickly add bullet markers to all items in a list.
Quickly remove all bullet markers from list items.
Quickly wrap all list items in quotes.
Quickly remove all quotation marks from around list items.
Quickly add text on the left and right sides of all list items.
Quickly remove text from the left and right sides of all list items.
Quickly prepend a prefix before each list item.
Quickly delete any prefix from the beginning of all list items.
Quickly append a suffix after each list item.
Quickly delete any suffix from the end of all list items.
Quickly add or remove list items to make it a certain length.
Quickly create multiple columns from a single list.
Quickly create a palindromic list from the given list.
Quickly add new items at the beginning or end of a list.
Quickly left-pad a list with one or more items.
Quickly right-pad a list with one or more items.
Quickly remove items that repeat in a list.
Quickly apply a filter on all list items (extract certain items).
Quickly analyze a list and print its item statistics.

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Edit a List

View and edit lists in a neat browser-based list editor.

Split a List

Split list items into chunks.

Generate the Powerlist

Create the powerlist of the given list.

Find the Car of a List

Extract the first item from a list.

Find the Cdr of a List

Extract all items except the first of a list.

Apply a Function on a List

Run a JavaScript function on every list item (map function).

Reduce a List

Run the reduce function on a list.

Find Certain List Items

Quickly find and print items that interest you in a list.

Find Repeating List Items

Quickly find and print items that repeat in a list.

Delete Unique List Items

Quickly find and remove items that are unique in a list.

Extract a Sublist from a List

Given start and stop indexes, extract a sublist from a list.

Shift List Items

Shift list items to the left or right (or up and down).

Indent List Items

Add indentation to all list items.

Skew List Items

Make a list go increasingly sideways (to the left or right).

Mirror a List

Quickly create a mirror copy of a list.

Invert a List

Invert the order of items in a list (last becomes first, etc).

Convert a List to Rows

Create multiple rows from a single list.

Convert a List to Excel

Create an Excel (XLS/XLSX) file from a list.

Convert a List to PDF

Create a PDF file from a list.

Convert a Text List to a LaTeX List

Create a LaTeX list from a regular text list.

Convert a Text List to a HTML List

Create a HTML list from a regular text list.

Convert a Text List to a Markdown List

Create a Markdown list from a regular text list.

Compare Two Lists

Find the difference between two lists.

Compare Three Lists

Find the difference between three lists.

Remove One List from Another

Remove elements from a list that appear in the other list.

Find Common Items in Lists

Find items that are shared between two or more lists.

Find Distinct Items in Lists

Find items that are unique in two or more lists.

Zip Two Lists

Join two or more lists together item by item.

Unzip Two Lists

Split an interleaved list into two or more separate lists.

Merge Two Lists

Append a second list at the end of the first list.

Pair List Items

Create pairs from all list items.

Pop List Items

Remove list items at certain index positions.

Push List Items

Add new items at the end of a list.

Splice a List

Modify a list in-place by adding, replacing, or removing items.

Flatten a List

Remove all indentation levels from a list and make it flat.

Make List Items Bold

Quickly apply the bold effect to all list items.

Make List Items Italic

Quickly apply the italic effect to all list items.

Make List Items Cursive

Quickly rewrite all list items in cursive.

Change List Item Font

Quickly change the font of all list items.

Add an Underscore to List Items

Quickly add an underscore to all list items.

Add a Strikethrough to List Items

Quickly add a strikethrough to all list items.

Make List Items Title Case

Quickly change the letter case of all items to title case.

Make List Items Proper Case

Quickly change the letter case of all items to proper case.

Make List Items Random Case

Quickly randomly change the letter case of all items.

Make List Items Lowercase

Quickly change the letter case of all items to small letters.

Make List Items Uppercase

Quickly change the letter case of all items to capital letters.

Remove List Item Counter

Quickly remove any numeration from a list of items.

Create an Empty List

Generate a list with no items (just bullet points).

Visualize a List

Quickly create a graphical representation of a list.

Create a List Cloud

Create an image with a cloud of list items.

Create a Spiral List

Create an image with list items going in a spiral.

Create a ZigZag List

Make list items go in a zigzag.

Add Errors to a List

Add errors and corruption to a list.

Base64-encode a List

Convert any list to base64 encoding.

Base64-decode a List

Convert any list from base64 encoding back to a list.

URL-encode a List

Convert any list to URL encoding.

URL-decode a List

Convert any list from URL encoding back to a list.

Convert a List to JSON

Create a JSON array from a list.

Convert JSON to a List

Create a list from a JSON array.

Convert a List to XML

Create an XML document from a list.

Convert XML to a List

Create a list from an XML document.

Convert a List to YAML

Create a YAML file from a list.

Convert YAML to a List

Create a list from a YAML file.

Convert a Text List to a Binary List

Create a binary list from a text list.

Convert a Binary List to a Text List

Create a text list from a binary list.

Compress a List

Compress a list so it uses less space.

Scroll a List

Create an animation with a list being scrolled.

Let Zalgo Destroy a List

Let Zalgo loose on a list and create list-chaos.


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We're Browserling — a friendly and fun cross-browser testing company powered by alien technology. At Browserling our mission is to make people's lives easier, so we created this collection of online list tools. Our tools are focused on getting things done quickly and as soon as you load your list in the input of any of our tools, you'll instantly get the result. Our list tools are actually powered by our web developer tools that we created over the last couple of years. Check them out!

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