How would I go about creating a % of something to happen for example
10% to print “Hello”
30% to print “Goodbye”
70% to print “Hahahaha”
Although it does not give 100% it works the same
local Percentages = {
["Hello"] = 10,
["Goodbye"] = 30,
["Hahahaha"] = 70,
}
local Table = {}
for Text, Percentage in pairs(Percentages) do
for _ = 1, Percentage do
table.insert(Table, Text)
end
end
local random = Table[math.random(#Table)]
print(random)
Sources:
math.random
table
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What do you mean it does not give 100%?
10 + 30 + 70 gives 110, only that
local Hello = NumberRange.new(0,10)
local Goodbye = NumberRange.new(11,41)
local Hahahaha = NumberRange.new(42,112)
local rand = math.random(1,112)
if rand == Hello then
print("Hello")
elseif rand == Goodbye then
print("Goodbye")
elseif rand == Hahahaha then
print("Hahahaha")
end
Haha oops! Thank you very much!
You should use weighted random instead of the provided solution, such as this:
local weights = {
["Hello"] = 10; -- 10/110
["Goodbye"] = 30; -- 30/110
["Hahahaha"] = 70 -- 70/110
}
local function PickRandom()
-- Get Total Weight Of All Items
local weight = 0
for l,v in pairs(weights) do
weight += v
end
-- Pick Random Number Between 0 and Weight
weight = math.random(weight)
-- Iterate And Minus Weight, Return when weight <= 0
for l,v in pairs(weights) do
weight -= v
if weight <= 0 then
return l
end
end
end
print(PickRandom())
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