How do I make random number or word generator?

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#1

Heya everyone. I was just wondering how do I make a random generator for a sentence or a word for my game. I tried searching on youtube but didn’t find what I needed. Does anyone know how to do that?

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#2

Make a table with your numbers or words and then use math.random to reference that table. Kind of like this…

local numbers = {1,2,3}
local number = math.random(1, #numbers)
local numberchosen = numbers[number]
print(numberchosen)

EDIT: You can make a table with your sentences and words, but remember to put them in speech marks and if you want to make more, put a comma at the end of the word or sentence. Kind of like this…

local sentences = {
"I have a face!",
"I have a foot!",
"I have teeth!"
}

Good luck!

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#3

Here is some simple code that utilizes RNG to select a random string from a table.

local sentences = {
"Random Sentence 1",
"Random Sentence 2",
"Random Sentence 3",
"Random Sentence 4",
"Random Sentence 5",
"Etc...",
--[[You can then continue to add multiple strings into this table using the table format.]]
}

You can use sentences[math.random(#sentences)] to then select a random string in the table, here is an example printing a random string to the output.

do
print(sentences[math.random(#sentences)]) --//selects a random sentence in the table and prints it to the output.
end
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#4

How do I make it generate when a button is clicked tho? Is it just sciprt.Parent.Mousebutton1click:connect(function()

#5

Well you can do the same thing. Lets say you have a click detector.

local numbs = {1,2,3}

script.Parent.MouseClick:Connect(function()
local randomnum = math.random(1, #numbs)
local chosennum = numbs[randomnum]
print(chosennum)
--end stuff--

Hope this helped! :slightly_smiling_face:

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#6

Nope still didn’t work, I press the button and it stays the same.

#7

Hmmmmm are there any errors???

#8

It says Error(7,15) Expected ‘end’ (to close ‘function’ at line 3), got

#9

Can you send me your script? I will be able to help you then.

#10

Here it is image

#11

Question, are you using this for a gui or a click detector?

#12

Here is some simple code that shows the logic of how click detectors work, you can refer to this ClickDetector Developer API for more information on Click Detectors.

local ClickDetector = game.Workspace.ButtonPart.ClickDetector --//Locate the part with the ClickDetector, you can change this to the specific button in the workspace.

local sentences = {
	"Random Sentence 1",
	"Random Sentence 2",
	"Random Sentence 3",
	"Random Sentence 4",
	"Random Sentence 5",
	"Etc...",
}

--//Function that runs the RNG sentence chooser once the ClickDetector is activated.
ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function()
	print(sentences[math.random(#sentences)]) --//selects a random sentence in the table and prints it to the output.
end)

Edit: Sorry for the delayed response, I have accidentally mis-formatted my posts on this thread.

#13

I’m using this for a GUI.
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#14

O you cant use mouseclick for guis. MouseClick is only for click detectors.

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#15

Yeah just realized it said MouseClick
I forgot to say its for a GUI.

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#16

Tell me if you have any more problems afterwards!

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#17

With GUI’s, you can utilize MouseButtonClick to achieve this under a GuiButton, here is a quick example of the following if the local script is inside the GuiButton. If you need resources on how to create GuiButtons, Roblox has released a resourceful Developer API on Creating GUI Buttons.

local GuiButton = script.Parent --//Locate the GuiButton, you can change this to the specific button in Gui.
	
local sentences = {
	"Random Sentence 1",
	"Random Sentence 2",
	"Random Sentence 3",
	"Random Sentence 4",
	"Random Sentence 5",
	"Etc...",
}
	
--//Function that runs the RNG sentence chooser once the GuiButton is activated on a Left Mouse click.
--//If you want the button to be activated with a Right Mouse Click instead, replace MouseButton1Click with MouseButton2Click.
GuiButton.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	print(sentences[math.random(#sentences)]) --//selects a random sentence in the table and prints it to the output.
end)
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