So i have this line of code that just sets the gui text to the brightness value of the flashlight. however it sets it to a odd 10 digit number (ex. 1.2000007312) i wish there was a way to round that number to 1.2, it works for the range value just fine but not for the brightness, how to fix?
while true do
wait(0.5)
local Br = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.neon.SpotLight.Brightness
script.Parent.Text = ("B:"..Br)
end
Hello! Hope your having a good day! You can do this by using string.format like so:
local spotlight = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.neon.SpotLight
local decimalCount = 2
while true do
local brightness = spotlight.Brightness
script.Parent.Text = string.format("%." .. (decimalCount) .. "f", brightness)
wait(.5)
end
If the brightness was 12.1874 It would output "12.18" If you want to change the number of decimals change the decimalCount value!
EDIT: Make sure you have your script as a LocalScript in your GuiElement, otherwise it won't work.
Here are my results and setup:
Results: GIF
Setup: IMAGE
Have a great day!
Math.floor(number*10)/10 any good?
This would bring the tenths above math.floor, round the number in the example to 12 and then divide it by ten to give you 1.2 back :)
This is exactly what I was going to answer. To apply it to the OP's code, use this after you capture the brightness: Br = math.floor(Br*10)/10
You should find some success with the following code:
function truncate(num, digits)
local mult = 10^(digits)
return math.modf(num*mult)/mult
end
Give it a number, in this case brightness, and the amount of decimals you want to keep, in this case 1, and it'll return the number with a truncated decimal.
eg. truncate(1.2000007312, 1) --1.2
function round(num, numDecimalPlaces)
local mult = 10^(numDecimalPlaces or 0)
return math.floor(num * mult + 0.5) / mult
end
round(brightness)
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if the brightness changes using another script, it will just freeze on the last number.
No? Why's that?
idk, it just freezes and and shows the same number forever, i checked the script incase i copypasted it wrong, if i change the brightness using another script, it will just simply freeze, also no errors in the output
Where is the script located?
I updated my post of how to set it up, serverscripts don't work in StarterGui as it's local.