:GetChildren() returning parts in the order i created them in

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I do not want :GetChildren() to return parts in the order i created them. I want it to be fully random

Im trying to make a whole ceiling of lights turn off one by one in a random order but its instead turning them off in the order i created the lights in which does not look good at all

this is my code

	for _,v in pairs(workspace.Lights[Zone]:GetChildren()) do
		if State then
			v.Light.Color = LightOnColor
			v.Light.SurfaceLight.Enabled = true
		else
			v.Light.Color = LightOffColor	
			v.Light.SurfaceLight.Enabled = false
		end
		wait()
	end

Thanks

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that intended behavior
You can mix out table using table.sort or make own alghoritm.
table.sort provides a callback function as argument that you can use to manipulate values.
Also using pairs() is not needed as since its an outdated feature
Doing wait() is also completelly unneed and incase you do use it then use task.wait as a replacement
etc:

local function callback(a:Instance,b:Instance):boolean
	return math.random(0,1)==1
end
local t = workspace.Lights[Zone]:GetChildren()
table.sort(t,callback)
for _,v in t do
		if State then
			v.Light.Color = LightOnColor
			v.Light.SurfaceLight.Enabled = true
		else
			v.Light.Color = LightOffColor	
			v.Light.SurfaceLight.Enabled = false
		end
		task.wait()
	end
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local lights = workspace.Lights[Zone]:GetChildren()

Random.new():Shuffle(lights)

for _,v in lights do
		if State then
			v.Light.Color = LightOnColor
			v.Light.SurfaceLight.Enabled = true
		else
			v.Light.Color = LightOffColor	
			v.Light.SurfaceLight.Enabled = false
		end
		task.wait()
	end
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erm actually its a Random:Shuffle()
Get out-
Yeah its a method for some reason? :thinking:
Edit:
Its a part of class so its
Random.new():Shuffle() ig

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My bad. I thought of it as a “static” method in my brain. Too much java. :sob:

Ah, that makes much more sense.

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