Array help

Creekmonkey

I'm new to Gideros and lua. I want to create an array of numbers (1 to 20). Then each time a button is clicked get a random number from that array, assign it to a variable then remove it from the array. I did this years ago in flash and as2. Any pointers?

muro

may be like this?

local a = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20}   math.randomseed(os.time()) local random_number = math.random(#a)   print("random number", random_number,"\n")   local b = {}   for i=1, #a do if random_number ~= a[i] then b[i] = a[i] end end   a = b   for _,v in pairs(a) do print(v) end

keszegh

tab={1,2,5,8,10} function click() local val=table.remove(tab, math.random(#tab)) return val end

Creekmonkey

Thanks for the replies. I am just getting started with Gideros so all help appreciated.

Creekmonkey

thanks keszegh, your example works great for my needs, except that once the table is empty then the script seems to get stuck and I get an error. Im sure there is a way to check that the table is not empty before executing the function but being new to lua I cant get a handle on it.

antix

if #table > 0 then -- use table in here end