Using;
math.random(1-3)
Would give you an output of;
1,2, or3
How would I make it so it only does two number giving an output of;
1 or 3 only
I am trying to randomize L and N by doing this:
for i = 1, 6 do
W = W..string.char(math.random(76,78))
end
But it gives me L,M, andN
I only want it to give me LandN
Well, what you can do is use math.random() to get either 1 or 2 and set the actual value based off that.
So for example:
w = ""
for i = 1,6 do
local ran = math.random(1,2)
local char = (ran==1 and 76 or 78)
w=w..string.char(char)
end
If you are confused about this line:
local char = (ran==1 and 76 or 78)
It is exactly the same as:
if ran ==1 then
char = 76
else
char = 78
end
That is what is called a conditional ternary operator.
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I wasn't confused. But thanks for the help! I can't believe I didn't think of that.