How do I write to the chosen object with math.random?
So i'm making a NPC with a randomized pattern with a set of nodes I placed and i'm using magnitude to check where he is before he moves again I have my script
while wait() do
local points = game.Workspace.Nodes:GetChildren()
local Table = {}
local Minion = game.Workspace.NPC
Minion:MoveTo(math.random(1,#points)) -- where I don't know what to call
repeat
wait()
until (WhateverPoint.Position - torso.Position).magnitude <= 5 -- line I need help with
end
but I don't know how to write to the chosen object like where WhateverPoint I want that to be whatever node was chosen
2 answers
math.random(1,#points) simply returns a randomly generated number between the first argument and the second. This number can also be considered the index in the table at which the random value would be located.
You can find that value a few ways, including..
-- 1. As Benda567 said .. You could either directly index the table like so
table = {'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'}
print(table[math.random(1, #table)]) -- random letter from `table`
-- 2. However, it would be much more efficient and clean to assign it to a variable, so that you may use said variable later on without having to go through the process again.. which would more than likely return a different value.
table = {'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'}
value = table[math.random(1, #table)]
print(value) -- random letter from `table`
-- or
table = {'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'}
value = math.random(1, #table)
print(table[value]) -- random letter from `table`
All the above solutions would return the part at the integer returned by math.random... which you can then use as "WhateverPoint".
while wait() do
local points = game.Workspace.Nodes:GetChildren()
local randomPoint = points[math.random(1,#points)]
local Minion = game.Workspace.NPC
local Table = {}
Minion:MoveTo(randomPoint )
repeat wait() until (Minion.Torso.Position - randomPoint.Position).magnitude <= 5
end
while wait() do
local points = game.Workspace.Nodes:GetChildren()
local Table = {}
local Minion = game.Workspace.NPC
Minion:MoveTo(points[math.random(1,#points)].Position)
repeat wait() until (Minion.Torso.Position - torso.Position).magnitude <= 5
end
I think it should look like that, your question is quite confusing. All I know is on line 5 you are trying to move a model to what would be a random number, which wouldn't work.
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