# Is there any shorter way i can do this

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**Category:** Arcade\
**Created:** [October 6, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/is-there-any-shorter-way-i-can-do-this/3787 "2020-10-06T21:39:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/is-there-any-shorter-way-i-can-do-this/3787/5 "2020-10-06T23:06:51Z")

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Hm, do you just want random strings then? If that’s the case then you would probably want an array of strings, and pick a random index in that; like this example: [Arcade Advanced Stream #10 - Game idea generator](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-advanced-stream-10-game-idea-generator/1549/3)

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