How do I select a random player?
So I am currently learning random player selection, but I got a problem, It only print out player[#player], which is not the intention of this script. Anyone who know how to fix this problem?
player = game.Players:GetPlayers()
rand = math.random(1, #player)
for i, v in pairs (player) do
print(#player)
print(player[rand])
end
Output when I start server[3 Players]:
On player 1's screen:
1 Player1
On player 2's screen:
2 Player2 2 Player2
On player 3's screen:
3 Player3 3 Player3 3 Player3
1 answer
Okay so, you pretty much have the right idea, but we could change a few things.
pairs
This is kinda off topic, but you should probably use a numeric for loop. In the for loop you're demonstrating, we're not really concerned about keys and values, just the number of cycles the loop will run. So, let's just change that to:
for i = 1, #player do
-- stuff
end
Back on topic
Now, if i understand you correctly, you wan't to make the loop choose a random player each cycle it makes. To do this, we'd have to put the random number, inside the loop (so it re-calculates the random algorithm every time the loop runs). Like this:
-- I personally prefer to use locals unless it's for a specific reason.
local Players = game.Players:GetPlayers()
for i = 1,#Players do
-- We're now indexing "Players" for whatever
-- math.random(1-#Players) returns.
local RandomPlayer = Players[math.random(#Players)]
-- Should be a random player every time.
print(RandomPlayer)
end
Note
This code only runs once, pretty much instantly. So if you want this to work with multiple players, you'd need to either put all this code in an infinite loop, or with an event (since i'm pretty sure this code would finish before the game would have time to recognize any more players), like this:
In an event:
-- Get players service
local Players = game:GetService'Players'
-- When a new player is added the the game, execute this function ...
Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(Player)
-- Get a table of all players
local Playing = Players:GetPlayers()
-- Pick a random player in that table
local RandomPlayer = Playing[math.random(#Playing)]
-- Print it
print(RandomPlayer)
end)
-- This will print a random player every time a new player joins the game.
In a loop:
-- Again, get players service
local Players = game:GetService'Players'
while wait(5) do
-- You probably get the idea
local Playing = Players:GetPlayers()
local RandomPlayer = Players[math.random(#Playing)]
print(RandomPlayer)
end
-- This will print a random player every 5 seconds
If you have any questions, just let me know.
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