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# Random Text Action

This text action will pick a random line of text from a list. The line will be picked randomly every time the action is called.

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### Settings

The action uses the following settings:

| Setting           | Description                                                                                            | [Parsed](/actions-and-operations/dynamic-parsing.md) |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| Bot Messages List | The list of messages that the action may display. Each line of text is considered a different message. | :white\_check\_mark:                                 |

### Remarks

When used on the [Web Channel](/basic-concepts/publishing/channels/web.md), this action will automatically enrich http and https url found inside the text and transform them in clickable links.

Each line of text is a different message. If your messages need to contain line breaks, you can use \r or \n inside the text. These escape codes will be transformed into newlines.

### Trigger

This action has no triggers.

### Variables

This action does not produce any variable.

### Availability

Channel specific availability follows the table below:

| Channel          | Availability    |
| ---------------- | --------------- |
| Facebook         | Fully Available |
| WhatsApp         | Fully Available |
| Telegram         | Fully Available |
| Web              | Fully Available |
| Alexa            | Fully Available |
| Google Assistant | Fully Available |
| Slack            | Fully Available |
| API              | Fully Available |

This action can be used only inside interactions and not as child of other actions.