How do I randomise a dictionary containing functions?

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I have a table which contains a list of functions and I want to randomise the order of each value but using pairs DOES NOT WORK

I could use a randomising function to randomise the order of the table (theres a bunch online) but they rely on grabbing each value’s integer number and my table doesn’t have an integer for each function as it goes like this:

{
   ["FFA"] = "function",
   ["Nothing happening"] = "function",
   ["Teamed"] = "function"
}

Can someone help me with this issue?

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Are you trying to randomize the values to other keys in the table randomly? Your explanation is a little confusing

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tables are unordered and random already by default. Are you trying to just select a random key in that table? Or what are you trying to do?

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yes I am trying to select a random key in the table but roblox only allows integers in math.random sorry for the confusing explanation

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Tables (i.e. arrays) do have order.
Dictionaries (like in this person’s use case) do not.

In order to get a random function from the dictionary, you will need to use a for loop to get all the keys, then get a random key from the keys.

For example:

local Dict = {
   ["FFA"] = "function",
   ["Nothing happening"] = "function",
   ["Teamed"] = "function"
}

local Keys = {}
for key, _ in pairs(Dict) do
    table.insert(Keys, key)
end

local RandomKey = Keys[math.random(#Keys)]
local Function = Dict[RandomKey]
Function()
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ok ill try that and see if it works

Update: thank you it does

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