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I'm struggling with math.random. Why is it printing the same thing?

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It's supposed to generate a new number every time the function is called with the variable SpawnChance. Instead, it generates values such as '1C94F9E0' and whatnot, and it prints the same thing over and over.

I want it to print a randomized number from 1 to 200, and a different number every time the function is called.

math.randomseed(tick())

function SpawnChests()
local SpawnChance = math.random (1,200)
print(SpawnChests)
end


while true do
wait(5)
SpawnChests()
end
Anonymous

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The problem is that you are printing the function not the variable, so the tostring() function will be called on the function. 

math.randomseed(tick())

function SpawnChests()
	local SpawnChance = math.random (1,200)
	print(SpawnChance ) -- you need to print the variable not the function
end


while true do
	wait(5)
	SpawnChests()
end
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This is what I get for scripting at midnight, haha. Thank you!!

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