Why isn't my word generator working?

Question

I'm not a good coder; nevertheless, I was wondering if anyone could be so generous as to help me figure out why my code won't run. The script is a word generator intended to make a made-up language for an interactive comic book. I just can't seem to figure out how to make the script work. I hope someone can help me. It should be a relatively simple script to write, yet I find myself struggling tremendously. In the script, I went as far as to include notes to make it easier to understand. If the word generator works, I would gladly let others use it. (Please don't be daunted by it's length. It's long because I reused the switch statement for all of it's 8 parts)

 #pragma strict
 var wordCount : int = 10; //set this to desired amount of words (when the code works); use 10 for testing purposes. 
 
 
 function Start () {
 
     //get number of words you want to make.
     for (var x = 0; x< wordCount; x++){
         wordGenerator(); //execute wordGenerator function to generate words.
     }
 }
 Debug.Log(word);//print words on screen. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 //wordGenerator function
 
 function wordGenerator (){
     //arrays
     var commons : char ["a","i","u","e","o","ka","ki","ku","ke","ko","sa","shi","su","se","so","ta","c$$anonymous$$","tsu","te","to","na","ni","nu","ne","no","ha","hi","fu","he","ho","ma","mi","mu","me","mo","ya","yu","yo","ra","ri","ru","re","ro","wa","n"];
     var all : char ["a","i","u","e","o","ba","bi","bu","be","bo","da","di","du","de","do","fa","fi","fu","fe","fo","ga","gi","gu","ge","go","ha","hi","hu","he","ho","ja","ji","ju","je","jo","ka","ki","ku","ke","ko","la","li","lu","le","lo","ma","mi","mu","me","mo","na","ni","nu","ne","no","pa","pi","pu","pe","po","ra","ri","ru","re","ro","sa","si","su","se","so","ta","ti","tu","te","to","va","vi","vu","ve","vo","wa","wi","wu","we","wo","xa","xi","xu","xe","xo","ya","yi","yu","ye","yo","za","zi","zu","ze","zo"];
     var addOns : char ["à","è","ì","ò","ù","á","é","í","ó","ú","â","ê","î","ô","û","ā","ī","ū","ē","ō","ã","ĩ","ũ","ẽ","õ","ă","ĭ","ŭ","ĕ","ŏ","ȃ","ȋ","ȗ","ȇ","ȏ","°"];
     var endAddOn : char ["ll","s","ss","id","ia","ing","ung","eng","ong"];
     //variables
     var nothing : char = " "; //space varable.
     var word : char; //the function will return this as a full word at the end of the function. 
     
     //part variables (not sure it should be a int or char).
     var p1 : char;
     var p2 : char;
     var p3 : char;
     var p4 : char;
     var p5 : char;
     var p6 : char;
     var p7 : char;
     var p8 : char;
     /*
     var t1 : int; //incase I need a var to get a part variable as a number and convert it using an integer to string statment. T stands for tempuary. 
     var t2 : int;
     var t3 : int;
     var t4 : int;
     var t5 : int;
     var t6 : int;
     var t7 : int;
     var t8 : int;
     */
     var ranNum : int; //random number variable for the switch statments. 
     
     
     
     ranNum = Math.random(1,100);//gets a random number from 1 to 100 for the switch statment. The 1-100 will also act as my percentages(1%-100%) for the list and random letters in an arrays to select a syllable for a particular part.
     
     
     //get p1; all parts (p2-p8)have the same code except for part1. 
     
     p1 = switch(ranNum){
             case 1:
                 if (ranNum > 30){
                       p1 = Math.random()*(commons.length-1); //get a random number(or char) number from the commons array.
                   }
             break;
             case 2:
                 if (ranNum >40){
                       p1 = Math.random()*(all.length-1);//get a random number(or char) from the all array.
                   }
              break;
              case 3:
                  if (ranNum >60){
                       p1 = Math.random()*(addOns.length-1);//get a random number(or char) from the addOns array.
                   }
              break;
         }
         
         
     ranNum = Math.random(1,100);    
         
     // get P2
         p2 = switch(ranNum){
             case 1:
                 if (ranNum > 30){
                       p2 = Math.random()*(commons.length-1);
                   }
             break;
             case 2:
                 if (ranNum >40){
                       p2 = Math.random()*(all.length-1);
                   }
              break;
              case 3:
                  if (ranNum >60){
                       p2 = Math.random()*(addOns.length-1);
                   }
               break;
               case 4:
                   if (ranNum >70){
                      p2 = Math.random()*(endAddOn.length-1); //get a random number(or char) from the endAddOn array.
                  }
               break;
             case 5:
                 if (ranNum >90){
                       p2 = nothing; //insert a space (after a digit gets a space all other parts get a space.
                   }
             break;
         }
     
     
     ranNum = Math.random(1,100);
     
     //get p3
     
         p3 = switch(ranNum){
             case 1:
                 if (ranNum > 30){
                       p3 = Math.random()*(commons.length-1);
                   }
             break;
             case 2:
                 if (ranNum >40){
                       p3 = Math.random()*(all.length-1);
                   }
              break;
              case 3:
                  if (ranNum >60){
                       p3 = Math.random()*(addOns.length-1);
                   }
               break;
               case 4:
                   if (ranNum >70){
                      p3 = Math.random()*(endAddOn.length-1);
                  }
               break;
             case 5:
                 if (ranNum >90){
                       p3 = nothing;
                   }
             break;
         }
         
         if (p2 = nothing){
             p3 = nothing;        //if part before this one gets a space (nothing variable), then it also gets a space; include all the other parts.I mentioned this before in part1's switch statment.  
         }
         
         
     ranNum = Math.random(1,100);    
         
     //get p4
         p4 = switch(ranNum){
             case 1:
                 if (ranNum > 30){
                       p4 = Math.random()*(commons.length-1);
                   }
             break;
             case 2:
                 if (ranNum >40){
                       p4 = Math.random()*(all.length-1);
                   }
              break;
              case 3:
                  if (ranNum >60){
                       p4 = Math.random()*(addOns.length-1);
                   }
               break;
               case 4:
                   if (ranNum >70){
                      p4 = Math.random()*(endAddOn.length-1);
                  }
               break;
             case 5:
                 if (ranNum >90){
                       p4 = nothing;
                   }
             break;
         }
         if (p3 = nothing){
             p4 = nothing;
         }
         
         
     ranNum = Math.random(1,100);    
                 
     //get P5
         p5 = switch(ranNum){
             case 1:
                 if (ranNum > 30){
                       p5 = Math.random()*(commons.length-1);
                   }
             break;
             case 2:
                 if (ranNum >40){
                       p5 = Math.random()*(all.length-1);
                   }
              break;
              case 3:
                  if (ranNum >60){
                       p5 = Math.random()*(addOns.length-1);
                   }
               break;
               case 4:
                   if (ranNum >70){
                      p5 = Math.random()*(endAddOn.length-1);
                  }
               break;
             case 5:
                 if (ranNum >90){
                       p5 = nothing;
                   }
             break;
         }
         if (p4 = nothing){
             p5 = nothing;
         }
         
     ranNum = Math.random(1,100);    
         
         
     //get p6
         p6 = switch(ranNum){
             case 1:
                 if (ranNum > 30){
                       p6 = Math.random()*(commons.length-1);
                   }
             break;
             case 2:
                 if (ranNum >40){
                       p6 = Math.random()*(all.length-1);
                   }
              break;
              case 3:
                  if (ranNum >60){
                       p6 = Math.random()*(addOns.length-1);
                   }
               break;
               case 4:
                   if (ranNum >70){
                      p6 = Math.random()*(endAddOn.length-1);
                  }
               break;
             case 5:
                 if (ranNum >90){
                       p6 = nothing;
                   }
             break;
         }
         if (p5 = nothing){
             p6 = nothing;
         }
         
     ranNum = Math.random(1,100);    
         
                 
     //get p7
         p7 = switch(ranNum){
             case 1:
                 if (ranNum > 30){
                       p7 = Math.random()*(commons.length-1);
                   }
             break;
             case 2:
                 if (ranNum >40){
                       p7 = Math.random()*(all.length-1);
                   }
              break;
              case 3:
                  if (ranNum >60){
                       p7 = Math.random()*(addOns.length-1);
                   }
               break;
               case 4:
                   if (ranNum >70){
                      p7 = Math.random()*(endAddOn.length-1);
                  }
               break;
             case 5:
                 if (ranNum >90){
                       p7 = nothing;
                   }
             break;
         }
         if (p6 = nothing){
             p7 = nothing;
         }
         
     ranNum = Math.random(1,100);    
         
         
     //get p8
             p8 = switch(ranNum){
             case 1:
                 if (ranNum > 30){
                       p8 = Math.random()*(commons.length-1);
                   }
             break;
             case 2:
                 if (ranNum >40){
                       p8 = Math.random()*(all.length-1);
                   }
              break;
              case 3:
                  if (ranNum >60){
                       p8 = Math.random()*(addOns.length-1);
                   }
               break;
               case 4:
                   if (ranNum >70){
                      p8 = Math.random()*(endAddOn.length-1);
                  }
               break;
             case 5:
                 if (ranNum >90){
                       p8 = nothing;
                   }
             break;
         }
         if (p7 = nothing){
             p8 = nothing;
         }
     
     
     //combine all parts to form a word and return it so that it can go back to it's original module to be printed to the screen. 
     
     word = p1 + p2 + p3 + p4 + p5 + p6 + p7 + p8; 
     return word;
 }

Answer 1

@Kasigawa, I created the randomPick function to allow you to express your word generation ideas in a more declarative way and then I created a generateWord function that I think is in the spirit of what you wanted to do, but may deviate from what you actually wrote. It should be way easier now to customize this to what you actually want exactly

 #pragma strict
 private var wordCount : int = 100;
 
 private var commons : String[] = ["a","i","u","e","o","ka","ki","ku","ke","ko","sa","shi","su","se","so","ta","c$$anonymous$$","tsu","te","to","na","ni","nu","ne","no","ha","hi","fu","he","ho","ma","mi","mu","me","mo","ya","yu","yo","ra","ri","ru","re","ro","wa","n"];
 private var all : String[] = ["a","i","u","e","o","ba","bi","bu","be","bo","da","di","du","de","do","fa","fi","fu","fe","fo","ga","gi","gu","ge","go","ha","hi","hu","he","ho","ja","ji","ju","je","jo","ka","ki","ku","ke","ko","la","li","lu","le","lo","ma","mi","mu","me","mo","na","ni","nu","ne","no","pa","pi","pu","pe","po","ra","ri","ru","re","ro","sa","si","su","se","so","ta","ti","tu","te","to","va","vi","vu","ve","vo","wa","wi","wu","we","wo","xa","xi","xu","xe","xo","ya","yi","yu","ye","yo","za","zi","zu","ze","zo"];
 private var addOns : String[] = ["à","è","ì","ò","ù","á","é","í","ó","ú","â","ê","î","ô","û","ā","ī","ū","ē","ō","ã","ĩ","ũ","ẽ","õ","ă","ĭ","ŭ","ĕ","ŏ","ȃ","ȋ","ȗ","ȇ","ȏ","°"];
 private var endAddOn : String[] = ["ll","s","ss","id","ia","ing","ung","eng","ong"];
 
 private var words : Array = new Array(); 
  
 function Start () {
     for (var x = 0; x< wordCount; x++){
         var word = generateWord();
         print(word);
         words.push(word);
     }
 }
 
 function generateWord (){
 
     var word:String = "";
 
      for(var i:int = 0; i<8; i++) // up to 8 word parts
      {
          word += randomPick([
              60, commons,
              30, all,
              10, addOns
          ]);
         if (i>0 && Random.value < 0.2) break; // 20% chance to stop here in all but the first step
      }
      
     word += randomPick([ // 50% chance of adding endAddOn at the end
         50, endAddOn,
         50, ""
     ]);
  
     return word;
 }
  
 // arguments come in pairs of probability and choice, like randomPick([40,"A", 10,"B"])
 // Probabilities don't need to add up to 100% - their relative size is important.
 // The example above picks "A" 80% of the time and "B" 20% of the time
 // Another Example: randomPick([1,"Third", 2,"TwoThirds"])
 // If the choice is an Array, it will pick one of the elements randomnly:
 // randomPick([2, ["John","Luke"], 6,"Anna"]). This will pick Anna 3 times as often as one of the other Names,
 // i.e. 25% (John or Luke), 75% Anna or completelly decoded: 12.5% John, 12.5% Luke, 75% Anna
 function randomPick(args:Object[]) : Object
 {
   var pSum:float = 0;
   for(var i:int = 0; i<args.length; i+=2) pSum += parseFloat(args[i].ToString());
   var p:float = Random.Range(0f, pSum);
   var runningP:float = 0f;
   for(i = 0; i<args.length; i+=2)
   {
       runningP += parseFloat(args[i].ToString());
       if (p<=runningP)
       {
           var ret:Object = args[i+1];
           // Too many array types in UnitScript
           if (typeof(ret)==typeof(Array))
               return (ret as Array)[Random.Range(0, (ret as Array).length)];
           if (typeof(ret)==typeof(Object[]) || typeof(ret)==typeof(String[]))
               return (ret as Object[])[Random.Range(0, (ret as Object[]).Length)];
           // else:
         return ret;
       }
   }
   return ""; 
 }

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