Changes

var filtered = arr.filter(function(entry) { return entry.trim() != ''; });

var filtered = arr.filter(function(entry) { return entry.trim() != ''; });

var excerpt = filtered[filtered.length-1];

var excerpt = filtered[filtered.length-1];

console.log(filtered, excerpt);

console.log(arr, excerpt);

   $("#randompage").append(excerpt + "...");

   $("#randompage").append(excerpt + "...");

});

});