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math.randomseed only returns nil?

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8 years ago

I ran this:

print(math.randomseed(5))

It output a blank space, which is a nil value. This is preventing me from doing math.randomseed(tick()). Help?

Answered by

Pyrondon 2089

8 years ago

math.randomseed(tick()) is just done to change the seed of the (pseudo)random number generator. What you're looking for is math.random:

math.randomseed(tick());

local randomNumberBetweenOneAndFive = math.random(5);