Help with math.random

[PipeSader]

Hello, could someone explain to me with an example of how math.random works? please

I am reading the API from the docs and I don’t understand how it works

local number1 = 5
local number2 = 5
print(math.random(number1,number2))

[TheCarbyneUniverse (Carbyne)]

The function takes in two inputs, the min and the max and chooses a number pseudorandomly (meaning not truly random, but made in a way to mimic randomness since with computers, nothing can really be random). For example, setting number1 to 1 and number2 to 10, the function will return a random number in between.

As per the pseudorandom aspect, you can use math.randomseed to set the seed for the math.random function to use. If you reset the seed to the same one, it will start generating the random numbers in the same sequence. Read more here.

[55167233gf (DJ_Galaxy)]

Yea, “math.random” is between number m to n.

local number1 = 1
local number2 = 2
print(math.random(number1, number2)) --It will print between number 1 to 2

[PipeSader]

@TheCarbyneUniverse

The function takes in two inputs, the min and the max and chooses a number pseudorandomly (meaning not truly random, but made in a way to mimic randomness since with computers, nothing can really be random). For example, setting number1 to 1 and number2 to 10, the function will return a random number in between.

As per the pseudorandom aspect, you can use math.randomseed to set the seed for the math.random function to use. If you reset the seed to the same one, it will start generating the random numbers in the same sequence. Read more here.

Oh now i understand! So it will always be random between the start and the maximum, how could I do this if I have values of a vector 3 and I only want to use the Z and Y axes?