How to respond with embeds

Currently I am trying to work on my bot and update its responses. Right now I am trying to use the code below to make it respond with the random embeds I made. For some reason when doing using this code the bot either responds with “NaN” or “3”?

const embeds = [`${yellowinfocommandembed}`, `${whiteinfocommandembed}`, `${redinfocommandembed}`, `${purpleinfocommandembed}`, `${pinkinfocommandembed}`, `${orangeinfocommandembed}`,`${limeinfocommandembed}`,`${greeninfocommandembed}`,`${cyaninfocommandembed}`,`${browninfocommandembed}`,`${blueinfocommandembed}`,`${blackinfocommandembed}` ];
const embed = Math.floor(Math.random() * embeds.length);
    if(message.channel.type == "dm") {
        message.channel.send(embed);
    }
        else {
            message.delete ();
            message.channel.send(embed);
        }
}

Answer

The purpose of:

Math.floor(Math.random() * embeds.length);

Is to generate a pseudo-random integer between 0 and the length of the array (floored). This does not provide a random element from an array. You can use this number to get an element from an array using bracket syntax.

const arr = ['Peach', 'Pear', 'Plum', 'Pomegranate'];
const num = Math.floor(Math.random() * arr.length);

console.log(`The random number: ${num}`);
console.log(`The corresponding array element: ${arr[num]}`);

---

Edit:

You’ll have to understand template literals to realize why your bot is sending [object Object]. Template literals (${variable}) are mainly used for two purposes

• To merge together a string and variable, or multiple variables
• To coerce a variable’s data type to a string

Here’s an example of the second purpose.

// normal usage: (`1 + 1 is ${1 + 1}`) => 1 + 1 is 2

console.log(typeof 10); // just the number 10
console.log(typeof `${10}`); // but if I put it in a teplate literal, it coerces itself to a string

// of course, this also applies for concatenation using the + operator

// normal usage: ('1 + 1 is ' + (1 + 1)) => 1 + 1 is 2
console.log(typeof 10); // just the number two
console.log(typeof ('' + 10)); // but if I merge it with an empty string, it coerces itself to a string

Why is this important? orangeinfocommandembed, for example, is an instance of the MessageEmbed class. So when that gets coerced to a string, it becomes [object Object].

const obj = { foo: 'bar' };
console.log(`${obj}`); // [object Object]

Sorry, that’s a long explanation for a relatively easy fix. Just remove the template literals and only use the base variables.

const embeds = [
 yellowinfocommandembed,
 whiteinfocommandembed,
 redinfocommandembed,
 purpleinfocommandembed,
 pinkinfocommandembed,
 orangeinfocommandembed,
 limeinfocommandembed,
 greeninfocommandembed,
 cyaninfocommandembed,
 browninfocommandembed,
 blueinfocommandembed,
 blackinfocommandembed,
];