How do i reference a functions outcome if its a string?
Hello, Im trying to spawn in a certain part at a certain location using the string of a random rarity generator i made. I just cant seem to figure out how to reference the string as a Boolean value.
local Spawner = script.Parent
local ServerStorage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local AridPlants = ServerStorage:FindFirstChild("AridPlants")
local Rarity = {
{"Common",40},
{"UnCommon",35},
{"Rare",20},
{"Legendary",4},
{"Mythic",1}
}
local TotalWeight = 0
for _,ItemData in pairs(Rarity) do
TotalWeight = TotalWeight + ItemData[2]
end
local function chooseRandomRarity()
local chance = math.random(1,TotalWeight)
local counter = 0
for _,ItemData in pairs(Rarity) do
counter = counter + ItemData[2]
if chance <= counter then
return ItemData[1]
end
end
end
while true do
Spawner.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Wait()
print(chooseRandomRarity())
end
if chooseRandomRarity() == "Common" then
local c = AridPlants:FindFirstChild("1")
c.Parent = game.Workspace.PlantSpawner
c:MoveTo(Spawner.Position)
print("Spawned")
end
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1 answer
Dfzoz is right, if you want to check if the outcome is a string you would check the type of the value.
For example you can use type()
print(type("Hello World"))
RESULT: string
If you want to check if it is a certain type you can use an If then statement.
if type(UDim2) == "table" then
print("Table")
end
RESULT: Table
Another way to do this is to use 'typeof()'
print(typeof(UDim2))
RESULT: table
If you want to check if it is a certain type you can use an If then statement
if typeof("Hello World") == "string" then
print("This is a "..string.upper(typeof("Hello World")))
end
RESULT: This is a STRING
Hope this helped! Dfzoz was the first one to comment this, I just expanded on his comment.
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