Help with math.random?
Every time I try to run this script I get a error saying:
Workspace.Script:16: bad argument #2 to 'random' (number expected, got nil)
Here is the output:
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Workspace.Script:16: bad argument #2 to 'random' (number expected, got nil)
Script 'Workspace.Script', Line 16 - global SpawnRandomPostion
Script 'Workspace.Script', Line 26
Stack End
Script:
01 | --[[Purpose of script: |
02 | This script is suppose to spawn a part in a random spot using the baseplate's position--]] |
03 | ------------------------Vairbles----------------------- |
04 | BaseplatePositions= { |
05 | BaseplateX = game.Workspace.BasePlate.Position.X, |
06 | BaseplateY= game.Workspace.BasePlate.Position.Y, |
07 | BaseplateZ = game.Workspace.BasePlate.Position.Z |
08 | } |
09 | for i,v in pairs (BaseplatePositions) do--Check |
10 | print(v) |
11 | end |
12 | ------------------------Function------------------------ |
13 | function SpawnRandomPostion(X,Y,Z) |
14 | local Cordinates ={ |
15 | PartX = math.random(0,X), |
Why did I get this error and how do I fix it?
If you manged to fix it show me how you did it,thank you.
1 answer
The problem, as it says, is that the "second argument to math.random is nil".
That means X is nil. X was the first argument passed to SpawnRandomPosition, so that must mean that BaseplatePositions[1] is nil.
If you check that (print it out) you will in fact see that it's nil. Why?
Because the BaseplatePositions has three things in it, but none of them are at 1, 2 and 3 -- they are at "BaseplateX", "BaseplateY", and "BaseplateZ".
Thus you could fix this like this:
1 | RPosition = |
2 | SpawnRandomPostion( |
3 | BaseplatePositions.BaseplateX, |
4 | BaseplatePositions.BaseplateY, |
5 | BaseplatePositions.BaseplateZ) |
OR you could fix this by changing the definition of BaseplatePositions to not have the BaseplateX =, etc.
You will encounter a very similar problem on line 22.