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Indexing a table of functions?
So with a normal table
normaltable = {"hello", 4, 100}
I can do
normaltable[math.random(1, #normaltable)]
and I will get a random value inside the table. However if I have functions like:
functiontable = {}
functiontable.Print = function()
print("hi")
end)
functiontable.Print2 = function()
print("hello")
end)
I cant use the random pick as I was for the first one as it can't get the length of the table. What would be an alternative to get a random function from a table of functions?
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The reason for this is because you created a dictionary.
When a dictionary is created, the keys inside of it do not have an order. Because of that, iterating through a dictionary may not give the values in the order you wrote. And a dictionary's values are stored in keys, unlike tables that are stored in indexes. In order to fix this, you should preset the functions and make it a normal table.
local function Print()
print("hi")
end
local function Print2()
print("hello")
end
local functiontable = {Print, Print2} -- Remember to use local variables.
functiontable[math.random(1, #functiontable)]()
-- Calls a random function
----OR----
local functiontable = {}-- Remember to use local variables.
local function Print()
print("hi")
end
local function Print2()
print("hello")
end
table.insert(functiontable, Print)
table.insert(functiontable, Print2)
tablefunction[math.random(1, #functiontable)]()
-- Calls a random function
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Thank you! trecept 367 — 5y