script random colours on letters

[Inazazi]

Hey, I would like to select a text frame and use a script so that each letter gets randomly coloured with one of the swatches out of my panel.

I’ve seen there are scripts to colourise shapes, but it's important that it stays as a font. I don’t want to outline the font.

Does a script like this exist?

Thanks for any tips

[Vamitul · Accepted solution]

here you go:

(function(){
  var tf=app.activeDocument.selection[0];
  var chars=tf.characters.everyItem().getElements();
  var col=app.activeDocument.swatches.length-1;
  for (var i=0; i<chars.length; i++){
  var rand=Math.floor((Math.random() * col) + 1);
  chars.fillColor=app.activeDocument.swatches[rand];
  }
}());

[Inazazi]

Awesome, thank you.

[Inazazi]

One more question. To avoid the black, white and non colour [which can't be deleted] - is it possible that the script only use colours out of a group?

Cheers

[brian_p_dts]

Resurrecting a very old thread to say: 

chars is missing its iterator in the last line due to forum migration. It should begin chars[i] for anyone stumbling across it now.