Mini Project Update 2/5

I found a link on how to hollow out a book here. This is what I am planning on doing in order to hide the wires for my mini project and for the final one. I'm going to be asking around to see if anyone has an old hard covered book that they don't need. If I cant find one I'm sure I can buy a cheap one at Goodwill.

The Arduino projects book has an exercise on how to show text on the LCD screen. It's in project 11 and its called Crystal Ball. I'm going to use this as a base for my mini project and final project and learn how to connect everything properly. I still need to figure out how to generate random text via the code and how to make the two button options I want.

Code Used:

#include <LiquidCrystal.h>
LiquidCrystal lcd(12, 11, 5, 4, 3, 2);

const int switchPin = 6;
int switchState = 0;
int prevSwitchState = 0;
int reply;

void setup(){
    lcd.begin(16, 2);
    pinMode(switchPin, INPUT);
    lcd.print("Ask the");
   
    lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
    lcd.print("Crystal Ball!");
  }

 void loop(){
    switchState = digitalRead(switchPin);

    if(switchState != prevSwitchState){
      if(switchState == LOW){
        reply = random(8);

        lcd.clear();
        lcd.setCursor(0,0);
        lcd.print("The ball says:");
        lcd.setCursor(0, 1);

        switch(reply){
            case 0:
            lcd.print("Yes");
            break;
            case 1:
            lcd.print("Most Likely");
            break;
            case 2:
            lcd.print("Certainly");
            break;
            case 3:
            lcd.print("Outlook Good");
            break;
            case 4:
            lcd.print("Unsure");
            break;
            case 5:
            lcd.print("Ask Again");
            break;
            case 6:
            lcd.print("Doubtful");
            break;
            case 7:
            lcd.print("No");
            break;
         
          }
        }
      }
prevSwitchState = switchState;
   

  }