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How to select several random players?
Hello! So I'm trying to make a system that randomly chooses several players to be inserted into a table. Say I want to put 10 players into a table randomly, how do I do that? (It can't select the same player twice)
I've tried to do this:
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local Murderers = {}
local Civilians = {}
function AssignTeams()
local Player = Players:GetPlayers()
repeat
table.insert(Murderers, Players[math.random(1, #Players)])
table.insert(Civilians, Players[math.random(1, #Players)])
until #Murderers == 2 and #Civilians == 10
end
AssignTeams()
Even if it does works, I want to find a more efficient (if possible, more effective) way to do this. Cheers!
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Not sure if it is 'efficient' or 'effective'
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local Murderers = {}
local Civilians = {}
function AssignTeams()
local Player = Players:GetPlayers()
local playersnotyetselected = {}
for i, v in pairs(Player) do
table.insert(playersnotyetselected,i,v)
end
repeat
local plr = playersnotyetselected[math.random(1, #playersnotyetselected)]
table.insert(Murderers,1, plr)
table.remove(playersnotyetselected,table.find(playersnotyetselected,plr))
until #Murderers == 2
for i, v in pairs(playersnotyetselected) do
table.insert(Civilians, i,v)
end
end
AssignTeams()
table.find returns the index if the obj is found but if not then nil
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I edited my answer. I just released I had to do the table,index,value on table.insert AProgrammR 398 — 3y
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Alright, thank you! I can finally sleep in peace. NotThatFamouss 605 — 3y
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:GetPlayers gives you table copy, you can modify that imKirda 4491 — 3y
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@imKirda Oh, ok. AProgrammR 398 — 3y