I want to choose a random number between -5 and 5, but I don’t want -1 to 1 to be chosen. How do I set a limit, if that’s even possible?
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How to set limits to math.random?
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This is one way you could do it:
local var1 = math.random(-5,-1)
local var2 = math.random(1,5)
local var3 = math.random(1,2)
local finalVar = 0
if var3 == 1 then
finalVar = var1
elseif var3 == 2 then
finalVar = var2
end
or you could do it this way:
function chooseVar()
finalVar = math.random(-5,-1)
return finalVar
end
repeat
if finalVar >= -1 and finalVar<= 1 then
chooseVar()
end
until finalVar >= 1 or finalVar<= -1
print(finalVar) --just to make sure this worked correctly
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kind of clunky but gets the job done
you can set limits to math.random doing this
math.random(-5,5)
the first value is the minimum number and the second one is the maximum
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btw i tested it using print
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So how would I set a number between -5 to -1 and 1 to 5 into a variable.
local number = math.random(1,5)*((math.random(0,1)*2)-1)
This is probably the most simple way to do it, one line and no if statements
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I couldn't tell if you wanted -1 and 1 to be part of it but I assumed so, if you don't want them then just change the 1,5 to a 2,5
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I'm not sure if you can do that with math.random. All I know is that there's a minimum choice and a maximum choice. I don't think you can do it with Random.new() either.