random file

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#1

I am just learnig applescript and thought a fun little project would be to write a script to play a random sound clip at start up or on wake. I am having trouble generating the random number between 1 and the number of sounds in my folder. any help would be appreciated.

#2 
random number from 1 to count {"a.mp3", "b.mp3", "c.mp3"}
#3 
set theFolder to "Macintosh HD:Users:jobu:Desktop:Sounds:"
set theRandomNumber to random number from 1 to (count items of (list folder theFolder without invisibles))

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#4

No need. Just use the “some of ” reference form in the Finder, eg:

tell application "Finder" to open some file of myFolder