How do I get a random choice from a table? [closed]

You can use math.random

Examples:

local table = {"Apple","Orange","String"} -- Items table.

local value = math.random(1,#table) -- Get random number with 1 to length of table.
local picked_value = table[value] -- Pick value from table

print(tostring(picked_value)) -- Print picked value

Pick a random player

local players = {} -- Table

-- Add players to table
for i,v in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
    table.insert(players,v.Name) -- insert player names to table
end

if players[1] ~= nil then -- Check if table is not nil.
    -- Pick random player
    local value = math.random(1,#players)
    local picked = players[value]

    print("I got player " .. tostring(picked))
else
    print("Table nil")
end

What does it do? takes a random number from 1 to the maximum length of the table.

Wiki pages:

For loop

math.random

Hope it helped :)

local table = {string1, string2, string3} -- make a table
local Chosen = math.Random(0, #table) -- random #

print(table[Chosen]) -- Print it

I apologize for the lack of typing. Im on my phone right now so its very hard. Please leave any questions in the comments.

yHasteeD also used this answer but whatever...

local strings = {"hello", "hello2", "hello3"}
local random_number = math.rando({1, #strings)
local picked_string = strings[random_number]

print(picked_string)

you can also combine strings like this:

print("The chosen string is "..picked_string.."!")

you can also change the variable names and what to print but I guess you already know that...

don't forget to type the previous variables otherwise Roblox won't know what picked_string is