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<function name="Random" parent="table" type="libraryfunc">⤶ <description>⤶ Returns a random value from the supplied table.⤶ ⤶ <note>This function iterates over the given table **twice**, therefore with sequential tables you should instead use following:⤶ ⤶ ```⤶ mytable[ math.random( #mytable ) ]⤶ ```⤶ </note>⤶ </description>⤶ <realm>Shared and Menu</realm>⤶ <file line="158">lua/includes/extensions/table.lua</file>⤶ <args>⤶ <arg name="haystack" type="table">The table to choose from.</arg>⤶ </args>⤶ <rets>⤶ <ret name="" type="any">A random value from the table.</ret>⤶ <ret name="" type="any">The key associated with the random value.</ret>⤶ </rets>⤶ </function>⤶ ⤶ <example>⤶ <description>A simple example of this function using two tables.</description>⤶ <code>⤶ color = { "green", "red", "blue", "yellow" }⤶ object = { "car", "house", "bike" }⤶ ⤶ print( "I have a " .. table.Random( color ) .. " " .. table.Random( object ) .. "." )⤶ </code>⤶ <output>I have a green house.</output>⤶ ⤶ </example>⤶ ⤶ ⤶ <example>⤶ <description>Example of using the alternative with sequential tables for performance reasons.</description>⤶ <code>⤶ websites = {"facepunch.com", "google.com", "steampowered.com"}⤶ print("I think the best website ever is " .. websites[math.random(1, #websites)] .. ".")⤶ </code>⤶ <output>I think the best website ever is google.com.</output>⤶ ⤶ </example>

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