Interactive Magic 8-Ball in JavaScript

This JavaScript script simulates a Magic 8-Ball. It provides a greeting, handles a user's question (or a default text), and then offers a random 8-Ball answer.

Features

• Personalized Greeting: Greets the user, using "stranger" as a default name if one is not provided.
• Question Input: Displays the user's question. If no question is entered, it shows an introductory message.
• Magic 8-Ball Response: Randomly generates one of several classic 8-Ball answers.
• Two Implementations: Demonstrates two ways to generate the 8-Ball answer:
  1. Using a switch statement.
  2. Using an array of responses (refactored and preferred version).

How to Use

1. Setup (Optional):

   • You can modify the userName and userQuestion variables at the beginning of the script if you wish to customize the greeting or the question.

   let userName = ''; // Change to your name
   let userQuestion = ''; // Write your question

2. Execution:

   • Run the script in any JavaScript environment (e.g., Node.js or your web browser's developer console).

   # If using Node.js:
   node your_script_name.js

3. Output:

   • The script will print to the console:
     1. A greeting.
     2. Your question (or the default message).
     3. A random Magic 8-Ball answer.

Magic 8-Ball Logic

The script includes two methods for determining the Magic 8-Ball's response:

1. switch Method: An initial implementation using a switch statement based on a random number.
2. Array Method (Refactored): An improved version that stores possible answers in an array and selects one randomly. This approach is generally cleaner, easier to maintain, and more adaptable if the number of answers changes.

// Example of the refactored array version:
const eightBallAnswers = [
    'Outlook not good', 
    'Signs point to yes',   
    // ... more answers
];
let randomNumberForArray = Math.floor(Math.random() * eightBallAnswers.length);
let eightBallResponseFromArray = eightBallAnswers[randomNumberForArray];
console.log(eightBallResponseFromArray);