[SOLVED] Is it possible to make a script "Obfuscator Effect"?

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#1

I want to make something of this kind: the example, however I do not understand how to grab an index through each character list and take only 1 random number and place it instead of a character.

However: I am getting an error that says:
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Here’s my script:

local ObfuscatorList = {}
local Characters = "ABCEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWYZabcefghijklmnopqrstyvwyz1234567890!@#$%^&*()_+`~<>|{}[];:"

function ObfuscatorList.Obfuscator(GuiObject, TextLabel, DelayBetweenChars)
	
	GuiObject.Visible = true
	
	local Text = TextLabel
	local Length = GuiObject.Text
	GuiObject.Text = Text
	local CharacterIndex = 0
	
	for first, last in utf8.graphemes(Text) do
		CharacterIndex += 1
		local RandomIndex = math.random(0, string.len(Characters))
		local i = 0
		print("RandomIndex")
		GuiObject.Text = string.find(Characters, RandomIndex, string.len(Length), true) 

		GuiObject.MaxVisibleGraphemes = CharacterIndex
		wait(DelayBetweenChars)
   end
end

return ObfuscatorList
#2

You can’t call Random like a function. If you are trying to generate a random number between minimum and maximum number, you can call math.random instead.

Also, what are you exactly trying to put in Text.Text?

#3

Text.Text gets the TextLabel text which is set in another script.

#4

No, I meant like you are trying to set TextLabel to something, but what is that you want to set it to?

#5

To a text label,
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TextJoin is a text label.

#6

When trying math.random it still makes an error:
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#7

When getting the length of a string, you have to use string.len instead of Characters.len
It’s not a function within the instance, so your code should look like this:

Text.Text = math.random(0,string.len(Characters))
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#8

I see, but it prints out the len of whatever the random landed on, and not the index of the thing it landed on

#9

Change

local RandomIndex = math.random(0, string.len(Characters))

To

local RandomIndex = math.random(0, #Characters)
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