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How do I get the position of a table?
Now, I'll explain here. A while ago, I figured out how to make it so that it chooses a random item inside a table, but I want to know what place it is in. Still confused? Here's some code that I made.
1 | local testing = {"Hello world!", "Hi!", "Greetings!"} |
2 | local r = testing[math.random(1, #testing)] |
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4 | print(r) |
Now say this would pick the second item in the table ("Hi!"). Now it would print what the string says, but I want it to print on what place the table is on. What I mean by that is in that example, it is on the 2nd item in the table. Basically, I want to figure out how to get the place the random item picker is on.
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Just make a variable:
1 | local index = math.random(1,#testing) |
And replace the variable local r with:
1 | local r = testing[index] |
The location of the value is what we call the index, and you can define it with one variable.
Your final code is this:
1 | local testing = {"Hello world!", "Hi!", "Greetings!"} |
2 | local index = math.random(1,#testing) |
3 | local r = testing[index] |
4 |
5 | print(r) |
6 | print(index) |
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thanks! Loot_O 42 — 4y
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np CrypxticDoge 135 — 4y
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Or: table.find(testing, r) Ziffixture 6913 — 4y