LUA Modding ~ How to Create a Random Number Generator?

So when taking a LUA file and making modifications to it inside your mod.. how can you tell if it is loading or loaded when you make changes to said LUA file?

I am kind of a noob when it comes to LUA modding
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Okeh so I've figure the above out.



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Now how would I go about writing an equation which takes two values, determines which is lesser then the other and assigns that as the value to move forward with?

Nvm.. I've managed to do this as well.

 

I don´t know in which programming language but standard will be something like that:

IF item1<item2
THEN valuetouse = item1
ELSE valuetouse = item2
END IF

 

all I needed was something like this - (I got it working after figuring out the correct math I needed to use for LUA to do this for me)

Code:

assignedValue = math.min(value1,value2)

 

Lua is a proper noun, not an acronym btw

 

That´s more elegant!

 

Thank you Dr.English

 

akshually it's Portuguese

 

How do I create and assign a value to a random number generator?

I've tried using these functions in places and I just cannot get a RNG to actually work and function as intended.

Code:

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       random()
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       math.random()
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    math.randomseed( os.time() )
       math.random()

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    math.randomseed( os.time() )
    local number = math.random()

 

yeah, it doesn't work, it just takes that value and uses that 100% of the time.

So if I write

math.random(32) it'll just always output as 32.

 

You need a random seed which helps the randomizer making real random numbers.
Read here:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20154991/generating-uniform-random-numbers-in-lua

 

Yes but idk where to write the seed in which it'll both, actually get used, and not just brick my Lua.

 

Alright, what I actually need to do is write a loop that assigns a variable to an output value from a looping Random Number Generator.