How do I make a script that has a 1 in 10 percent chance of printing somthing?

Asked Jun 12, 2015234 views1 answers

--How do I something that has a 1 in 10 percent chance of happening?
for i = math.random(1,10)?
print("I am a rare print.")
end

AnonymousJun 12, 2015Edited Jun 12, 2015

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You would have to use an if statement to ensure that it only prints once out of the ten possible times. Aside from that, you should indeed be using (1,10), as 1 is a tenth on 10.

local chance = math.random(1,10)

-- execute if 1
local success = function()
	print('success')
end

--execute if not 1
local failure = function()
	print('failure')
end

if chance == 1 then --10%
	success()
else -- other 90%
	failure()
end

AnonymousJun 12, 2015Edited Jun 12, 2015Permalink

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