Suppose you have a Javascript object like:
{cat: 'meow', dog: 'woof', snake: 'hiss'}
Is there a more concise way to pick a random property from the object than this long winded way I came up with:
function pickRandomProperty(obj) {
var prop, len = 0, randomPos, pos = 0;
for (prop in obj) {
if (obj.hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
len += 1;
}
}
randomPos = Math.floor(Math.random() * len);
for (prop in obj) {
if (obj.hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
if (pos === randomPos) {
return prop;
}
pos += 1;
}
}
}