random text?

I have a text file(quotes.txt) with 35+ quotations, separated by a single line break. Is it possible for a DIV to display a random quotation from quotes.txt each time the user visit my home page?

Javascript can't read/write to/from a file in the server. So you need to use some server side code for this.

Of course it is possible! With only 35 quotes, there is no problem in using Javascript.

<span id = "quote"></span>

<script type = "text/javascript">
var Quotation = new Array();
Quotation[0] = "Time is of the essence! Comb your hair.";
Quotation[1] = "Sanity is a golden apple with no shoelaces.";
Quotation[2] = "Repent! The end is coming, $9.95 at Amazon.";
Quotation[3] = "Honesty blurts where deception sneezes.";
Quotation[4] = "Pastry satisfies where art is unavailable.";
Quotation[5] = "Delete not, lest you, too, be deleted.";
Quotation[6] = "O! Youth! What a pain in the backside.";
Quotation[7] = "Wishes are like goldfish with propellors.";
Quotation[8] = "Love the river's \"beauty\", but live on a hill."; // note escape quotes
Quotation[9] = "Invention is the mother of too many useless toys.";

var Q = Quotation.length;
var whichQuotation = Math.round(Math.random()*(Q-1));
function showQuotation(){
document.getElementById("quote").innerHTML = Quotation[whichQuotation];
}

showQuotation();

</script>

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