ServerScriptService.Script:5: invalid argument #2 to 'random' (interval is empty)

[10A9F]

So i am a beginner scripter and i wanted to make something simple where you print a random players name.

I got this error:

Here is the code im having problems with:

local player = game.Players:GetChildren()

wait(5)

local Rp = player[math.random(1,#player)]
print(Rp)

[StellarisJames (James)]

local players = game.Players:GetChildren()
wait(5)
local RandomPlayer = players[math.random(1, #players)]
print(RandomPlayer.Name)

This should work, but make sure its being run in Play Solo mode with at least one player in the actual game.

[p49p0 (Lactum)]

“interval is empty” means there’s no range. e.g math.random(1, 0). doesn’t make sense, right?
in that case, lets make your script wait until there is atlease 1 player in the server.

local Players = game:GetService("Players")

function PlayerAdded(Player) -- "Player" isn't needed in this case. we're just using the playeradded event.
    local players = Players:GetPlayers()
    local Rp = players[math.random(1,#players)]
    print(Rp)
end

for _, Player in next, Players:GetPlayers() do PlayerAdded(Player) end
Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(PlayerAdded)

[OptimisticSide]

This is correct. I believe he only wants to do this once so he could just put this at the top of his script:

if Players:GetPlayers() == 0 then
    Players.PlayerAdded:Wait()
end