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From a table randomly select any key with a specific value range?

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BlackeyeI 19

5 years ago

Edited 5 years ago

Using the table posted below I would like to find every dictionary key with a specific value ranging from 0 to 1 (A to D) and ignore the rest (E to H). Can anyone give me advice as to how I can approach this?

ExampleTable = {
    ["A"] = 0,
    ["B"] = 0,
    ["C"] = 1,
    ["D"] = 1,
    ["E"] = 2,
    ["F"] = 2,
    ["G"] = 3,
    ["H"] = 3,
}

Answered by yHasteeD

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Answered by

Internal_1 344

5 years ago

Edited 5 years ago

With the example provided, something like this should work:

for i,v in pairs(ExampleTable) do
    if i == "A" or i == "B" or i == "C" or i == "D" then -- Checking if the key is A to D
        print(v) -- Printing the value
    end
end

or you could just math.random it Arkrei 389 — 5y

@Arkrei you can't use math.random() on a table with string keys (dictionary), it only works on arrays Psudar 882 — 5y

From a table randomly select any key with a specific value range?

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