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How to get "cow" out of a table and print it?
For example,
local dictionary = {["cow"] = 1, ["sheep"] = 1}
local random = dictionary[math.random(1, #dictionary)]
print(random) --This would print 1
but how do I get the name of where the 1 came from?
local dictionary = {["cow"] = 1, ["sheep"] = 1}
local random = dictionary[math.random(1, #dictionary)]
print(????) --This would print where the 1 came from
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When you fix this, you should add "math.randomseed(os.time())" in the beginning so you don't always get "cow" or "sheep" at every run. xMicro_Canary 37 — 4y
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What you can do is loop through the table, and check for the value of the key, then you will be able to printthe key.
Something like this:
local table1 = {}
table1["cow"] = 1
for i, v in pairs(table1) do
if v == 1 then
print(i)
end
end
Hope I helped, if you have any further questions please let me know.
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This helps a lot! Thank you. However, what if I specifically wanted it to print out 1, but also the key. Like if I chose a random one. Brandon1881 721 — 4y
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In that case, one thing I would do is do table1 = {cow = {Value = 1, Key = "cow"}} and then choose a random one out of the table, then print(randomChoice.Key) Nanomatics 1160 — 4y
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The correct name of this post should be : How to get "cow" out of a table and print it?. But its fine. Here you go!
local table = {}
table["cow"] = "Cow"
print(table["cow"])
It seems you had it backwards. Using table["Cow"] = 1 will be like this in the table ["Cow"] = {1}
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Sorry, I think I made my question too vague. I will make a better example, give me a minute. Brandon1881 721 — 4y
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Alright, I have fixed my question. Brandon1881 721 — 4y