IDK.vbs

'=========================================================================
' IDK.vbs
' VERSION: 1.0
' AUTHOR: Brian Steinmeyer
' EMAIL: [email protected]
' WEB: https://sigkillit.com
' DATE: 12/8/2012
' COMMENTS: If you have ever had an issue making a decision like "What Should
' I eat for dinner" or "What should I do tonight?" then IDK aka "I Don't Know"
' is the script for you. It will randomly select a decision for you from a line
' delimited text file you pass to the script. You can run the script with Wscript
' by dragging and dropping your file onto the script or with Cscript by using
' the file path as the argument passed. You can make lists for all types of
' decisions you commonly make, and a few ideas are Yes/No, Magic8Ball, Pizza Shops,
' Restaurants, Movies, etc.
' EXAMPLE: Drag-N-Drop with WScript
'          Drag and Drop a file called Pizza.txt onto IDK.vbs to select a pizza shop
' EXAMPLE: From and command prompt with Cscript
'          C:\>cscript IDK.vbs "C:\My Lists\pizza.txt"
'=========================================================================
Option Explicit

Wscript.Echo IDK(wscript.arguments.item(0))

Private Function IDK(filePath)

    On Error Resume Next

    Const ForReading = 1
    Dim strResult
    Dim objFSO: Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    If Not objFSO.FileExists(filePath) Then
        strResult = "ERROR - Input File Does Not Exist!"
    Else
        'Parse Input File into Array
        Dim objTextFile: Set objTextFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(filePath, ForReading)
        Dim arrLine()
        Dim intSize: intSize = 0
        Dim strLine, blnMatch: blnMatch = False
        Do Until objTextFile.AtEndOfStream
            strLine = Trim(objTextFile.Readline)
            If Not strLine = "" Then
                blnMatch = True
                ReDim Preserve arrLine(intSize)
                arrLine(intSize) = strLine
                intSize = intSize + 1
            End If
        Loop
        'Randomly Select
        Dim intHighNumber: intHighNumber = UBound(arrLine)
        Dim intLowNumber: intLowNumber = LBound(arrLine)
        Dim intNumber
        Randomize
        strResult = arrLine(Int((intHighNumber - intLowNumber + 1) * Rnd + intLowNumber))      
    End If

    'Return Results
    If Err.Number <> 0 Then
        Err.Clear
        strResult = "ERROR - Parsing Input File!"
    End If 
    IDK = strResult

    Set objFSO = Nothing

    On Error Goto 0

End Function