[HELP] Checking Table

[Damien_Teh_Demon]

Im trying to check a lua table to see if 3 of the values in the table are the same. The table consists of strings and looks like this

possibiltyThings = {"2k","4k","6k","8k","10k","12k","14k","16k", "18k","20k","40k","80k"}

Without using tons of if statements.

[arezu]

The first solution I think of is:

local values = {"2k","4k","6k","8k","10k","12k","14k","16k", "18k","20k","40k","80k"} 
local sameValueCount = {} 
  
for k, v in pairs(values) do 
    sameValueCount[v] = (sameValueCount[v] or 0) + 1 
    if(sameValueCount[v] == 3)then 
        -- 3 same values in table (those 3 have the value 'v') 
    end 
end 

[Damien_Teh_Demon]

  
  
randomNumber1 = possibiltyThings[math.random(#possibiltyThings)] 
            randomNumber2 = possibiltyThings[math.random(#possibiltyThings)] 
            randomNumber3 = possibiltyThings[math.random(#possibiltyThings)] 
            randomNumber4 = possibiltyThings[math.random(#possibiltyThings)] 
            randomNumber5 = possibiltyThings[math.random(#possibiltyThings)] 
            randomNumber6 = possibiltyThings[math.random(#possibiltyThings)] 
            randomNumber7 = possibiltyThings[math.random(#possibiltyThings)] 
            randomNumber8 = possibiltyThings[math.random(#possibiltyThings)] 
            randomNumber9 = possibiltyThings[math.random(#possibiltyThings)] 
  
for k, v in pairs(possibiltyThings) do 
    sameValueCount[v] = (sameValueCount[v] or 0) + 1 
    if(sameValueCount[v] == 3)then 
        amountToGive = split ( v, "k" ) 
        exports.SARGcommands:giveMoney(localPlayer, tonumber(amountToGive)) 
    end 
end 
  
  
  
  

Why wont this work?

[Citizen]

- splitreturns a table

- You needed a table to store the random numbers and then iterate over it to look for 3 same values in it.

local randomNumbers = {} 
for k=1, 9 do 
    table.insert(randomNumbers, possibiltyThings[math.random(#possibiltyThings)]) 
end 
  
--check for 3 same values: 
local sameValueCount = {} 
for k, v in ipairs( randomNumbers ) do 
    sameValueCount[v] = (sameValueCount[v] or 0) + 1 
    if (sameValueCount[v] == 3) then 
        local amountToGive = split ( v, "k" )[1] -- *1000 ? 
        exports.SARGcommands:giveMoney(localPlayer, tonumber(amountToGive)) 
        break --stop looking for other 3 same value, remove it if you want to 
        -- give cash for every 3 same values there are in randomNumbers. 
    end 
    -- reset 
    sameValueCount = {} 
    randomNumbers = {} 
end 

[Damien_Teh_Demon]

Okayi posted it wrong earlier, what about thiss

  
possibiltyThings = {2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20} 
  
 sameValueCount={} 
            for k, v in pairs(possibiltyThings) do 
    sameValueCount[v] = (sameValueCount[v] or 0) + 1 
    if(sameValueCount[v] == 3)then 
        amountToGive = possibiltyThings[v]*1000 
        print("test") 
        exports.SARGcommands:giveMoney(localPlayer, amountToGive) 
    end 
end 
  
  

[Damien_Teh_Demon]

It never returns true though.

[Citizen]

It never returns true though.

Of course ! Tell me where do you see 3 times the same value in this list ?!

{2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20} 

I think your are going wrong, please explain exactly what you want to do.

It looks like you are trying to make a lottery or a thing like this (I don't know the english name for that):

But I don't understand why you are using the hardcoded list of possibilities as the "randomNumbers".

I gave you a code that works and that I'm pretty sure it was what you were looking for. So please explain in details.

[cheez3d]

That is a slot machine.

[Damien_Teh_Demon]

No, i need it to work sort of like that but random choose the values from that table, here is full code

  
  
local screenWidth,screenHeight = guiGetScreenSize()  
  
  
GUIEditor = { 
    button = {}, 
    window = {} 
} 
  
  
  
possibiltyThings = {2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20} 
    randomNumbers = {} 
    for k=1, 9 do 
        table.insert(randomNumbers, possibiltyThings[math.random(#possibiltyThings)]) 
    end 
      
addEventHandler("onClientResourceStart", getResourceRootElement(getThisResource()), function() 
  
  
        GUIEditor.window[1] = guiCreateWindow(207, 166, 224, 167, "SARG:RPG Lottery Panel", false) 
        guiWindowSetSizable(GUIEditor.window[1], false) 
        GUIEditor.button[1] = guiCreateButton(25, 99, 180, 31, "close", false, GUIEditor.window[1]) 
        GUIEditor.button[2] = guiCreateButton(31, 33, 164, 34, "Buy Ticket", false, GUIEditor.window[1])    
        GUIEditor.button[3] = guiCreateButton(456, 683, 453, 35, "Scratch The Ticket To See If You Win!", false)    
  
  
        guiSetVisible(GUIEditor.button[3], false) 
  
  
        
        addEventHandler("onClientGUIClick", GUIEditor.button[3], function() 
            lotteryTickOpen = false 
            lotteryTickScratchedOpen = true 
            exports.SARGcommands:sendClientMessage("*SARG Lottery* Goodluck!", 0, 255, 0) 
  
  
            guiSetVisible(GUIEditor.button[3], false)        
            randomNumber1 = possibiltyThings[math.random(#possibiltyThings)] 
            randomNumber2 = possibiltyThings[math.random(#possibiltyThings)] 
            randomNumber3 = possibiltyThings[math.random(#possibiltyThings)] 
            randomNumber4 = possibiltyThings[math.random(#possibiltyThings)] 
            randomNumber5 = possibiltyThings[math.random(#possibiltyThings)] 
            randomNumber6 = possibiltyThings[math.random(#possibiltyThings)] 
            randomNumber7 = possibiltyThings[math.random(#possibiltyThings)] 
            randomNumber8 = possibiltyThings[math.random(#possibiltyThings)] 
            randomNumber9 = possibiltyThings[math.random(#possibiltyThings)] 
  
    --check for 3 same values: 
    sameValueCount={} 
            for k, v in pairs(possibiltyThings) do 
    sameValueCount[v] = (sameValueCount[v] or 0) + 1 
    if(sameValueCount[v] == 3)then 
        amountToGive = possibiltyThings[v]*1000 
        print("test") 
        exports.SARGcommands:giveMoney(v, amountToGive) 
    end 
end 
  
            setElementData(localPlayer,"ticketsLeft", getElementData(localPlayer,"ticketsLeft")-1) 
        setTimer(function() 
            showCursor(false) 
            guiSetVisible(GUIEditor.button[3], false) 
            lotteryTickScratchedOpen = false 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
        end,5000, 1) 
        end) 
  
        guiSetVisible(GUIEditor.window[1], false) 
  
         addEventHandler ( "onClientGUIClick", GUIEditor.button[1], function() 
         guiSetVisible(GUIEditor.window[1], false)   
  
showCursor(false    ) 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
        end ) 
  
         addEventHandler ( "onClientGUIClick", GUIEditor.button[2], function() 
            if(getElementData(localPlayer,"ticketsLeft"))then 
            setElementData(localPlayer,"ticketsLeft", getElementData(localPlayer,"ticketsLeft")+1) 
            exports.SARGcommands:sendClientMessage("*SARG Lottery* You have bought 1 ticket! Do /lotto to see if you won! ( You have a total of "..getElementData(localPlayer,"ticketsLeft").." tickets now!)", 0, 255, 0) 
            else 
                setElementData(localPlayer,"ticketsLeft",1) 
            end 
        end ) 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    lottoStoreMarker = createMarker(2637.25390625,1129.6761474609,11.1796875,"cylinder",3.0,0,255,0,100) 
  
    addEventHandler("onClientMarkerHit", lottoStoreMarker, function(hitElement) 
if(hitElement==localPlayer)then 
        guiSetVisible(GUIEditor.window[1], true)     
  
showCursor(true) 
end 
    end) 
  
end) 
  
  
  
addCommandHandler("lotto", function() 
lotteryTickOpen = true 
  
        guiSetVisible(GUIEditor.button[3], true) 
showCursor(true) 
end) 
  
  
  
addEventHandler("onClientRender", getRootElement(), function() 
if(lotteryTickOpen and getElementData(localPlayer,"ticketsLeft")>0)then 
dxDrawImage ( screenWidth/2-224.5,screenHeight/2-300, 449, 600, 'lotteryNotscratched.png') 
elseif(lotteryTickScratchedOpen and getElementData(localPlayer,"ticketsLeft")>0)then 
dxDrawImage ( screenWidth/2-224.5,screenHeight/2-300, 449, 600, 'lotteryScratched.png') 
  
  
--lotoslots 
dxDrawText(tostring(randomNumber1), 467, 290, 584, 402, tocolor(0,0,0, 255), 3.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
dxDrawText(tostring(randomNumber2), 613, 290, 730, 402, tocolor(0,0,0, 255), 3.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
dxDrawText(tostring(randomNumber3), 768, 290, 885, 402, tocolor(0,0,0, 255), 3.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
dxDrawText(tostring(randomNumber4), 467, 432, 584, 544, tocolor(0,0,0, 255), 3.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
dxDrawText(tostring(randomNumber5), 618, 432, 735, 544, tocolor(0,0,0, 255), 3.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
dxDrawText(tostring(randomNumber6), 768, 432, 885, 544, tocolor(0,0,0, 255), 3.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
dxDrawText(tostring(randomNumber7), 471, 562, 588, 674, tocolor(0,0,0, 255), 3.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
dxDrawText(tostring(randomNumber8), 622, 562, 739, 674, tocolor(0,0,0, 255), 3.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
dxDrawText(tostring(randomNumber9), 768, 562, 885, 674, tocolor(0,0,0, 255), 3.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
end 
end) 
  
  
  
-- SLOT 1,1  -----    dxDrawText("1K", 467, 290, 584, 402, tocolor(255, 255, 255, 255), 3.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
-- SLOT 1,2  -----    dxDrawText("2K", 613, 290, 730, 402, tocolor(255, 255, 255, 255), 3.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
-- SLOT 1,3  -----    dxDrawText("3K", 768, 290, 885, 402, tocolor(255, 255, 255, 255), 3.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
-- SLOT 2,1  -----    dxDrawText("4K", 467, 432, 584, 544, tocolor(255, 255, 255, 255), 3.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
-- SLOT 2,2  -----    dxDrawText("5K", 618, 432, 735, 544, tocolor(255, 255, 255, 255), 3.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
-- SLOT 2,3  -----    dxDrawText("6K", 768, 432, 885, 544, tocolor(255, 255, 255, 255), 3.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
-- SLOT 3,1  -----    dxDrawText("7K", 471, 562, 588, 674, tocolor(255, 255, 255, 255), 3.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
-- SLOT 3,2  -----    dxDrawText("8K", 622, 562, 739, 674, tocolor(255, 255, 255, 255), 3.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
-- SLOT 3,3  -----    dxDrawText("9K", 768, 562, 885, 674, tocolor(255, 255, 255, 255), 3.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
  
  

[Citizen]

local screenWidth,screenHeight = guiGetScreenSize() 
  
GUIEditor = { 
    button = {}, 
    window = {} 
} 
  
local possibiltyThings = {2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20} 
  
addEventHandler("onClientResourceStart", resourceRoot, 
function() 
    GUIEditor.window[1] = guiCreateWindow(207, 166, 224, 167, "SARG:RPG Lottery Panel", false) 
    guiWindowSetSizable(GUIEditor.window[1], false) 
    GUIEditor.button[1] = guiCreateButton(25, 99, 180, 31, "close", false, GUIEditor.window[1]) 
    GUIEditor.button[2] = guiCreateButton(31, 33, 164, 34, "Buy Ticket", false, GUIEditor.window[1])   
    GUIEditor.button[3] = guiCreateButton(456, 683, 453, 35, "Scratch The Ticket To See If You Win!", false)   
  
    guiSetVisible(GUIEditor.window[1], false) 
    guiSetVisible(GUIEditor.button[3], false) 
     
    -- scratch button 
    addEventHandler("onClientGUIClick", GUIEditor.button[3], 
    function() 
        lotteryTickOpen = false 
        lotteryTickScratchedOpen = true 
        exports.SARGcommands:sendClientMessage("*SARG Lottery* Goodluck!", 0, 255, 0) 
  
        guiSetVisible(GUIEditor.button[3], false) 
  
        randomNumbers = {} 
        for k=1, 9 do 
            table.insert(randomNumbers, possibiltyThings[math.random(#possibiltyThings)]) 
        end 
  
        --check for 3 same values in randomNumbers: 
        sameValueCount = {} 
        local amountToGive = 0 
        for k, v in pairs(randomNumbers) do 
            sameValueCount[v] = (sameValueCount[v] or 0) + 1 
            if (sameValueCount[v] == 3) then 
                amountToGive = amountToGive + v*1000 
            end 
        end 
  
        if amountToGive > 0 then 
            outputChatBox("You won: $"..amountToGive) 
            exports.SARGcommands:giveMoney(localPlayer, amountToGive) 
        else 
            outputChatBox("Sorry, you lost !") 
        end 
  
        setElementData(localPlayer, "ticketsLeft", (getElementData(localPlayer,"ticketsLeft") or 0) - 1) 
  
        setTimer(closeLoteryTicket, 5000, 1) 
    end) 
  
    -- close button 
    addEventHandler ( "onClientGUIClick", GUIEditor.button[1], 
    function() 
        guiSetVisible(GUIEditor.window[1], false)  
        showCursor(false) 
    end) 
  
    -- buy button 
    addEventHandler ( "onClientGUIClick", GUIEditor.button[2], 
    function() 
        if(getElementData(localPlayer, "ticketsLeft"))then 
            setElementData(localPlayer, "ticketsLeft", getElementData(localPlayer,"ticketsLeft")+1) 
            exports.SARGcommands:sendClientMessage("*SARG Lottery* You have bought 1 ticket! Do /lotto to see if you won! ( You have a total of "..tostring(getElementData(localPlayer,"ticketsLeft")).." tickets now!)", 0, 255, 0) 
        else 
            setElementData(localPlayer, "ticketsLeft", 1) 
        end 
    end) 
  
    -- marker 
    local lottoStoreMarker = createMarker(2637.25390625,1129.6761474609,11.1796875,"cylinder",3.0,0,255,0,100) 
    addEventHandler("onClientMarkerHit", lottoStoreMarker, 
    function( hitElement ) 
        if hitElement == localPlayer then 
            guiSetVisible(GUIEditor.window[1], true)    
            showCursor(true) 
        end 
    end) 
end) 
  
addCommandHandler("lotto", 
function() 
    local tickets = getElementData(localPlayer,"ticketsLeft") or 0 
    if tickets > 0 then 
        openLoteryTicket() 
    else 
        outputChatBox("You don't have any lottery tickets !") 
    end 
end) 
  
function openLoteryTicket() 
    lotteryTickOpen = true 
    guiSetVisible(GUIEditor.button[3], true) 
    showCursor(true) 
    addEventHandler("onClientRender", root, drawLoteryTicket) 
end 
  
function closeLoteryTicket() 
    lotteryTickOpen = false 
    lotteryTickScratchedOpen = false 
    guiSetVisible(GUIEditor.button[3], false) 
    showCursor(false) 
    removeEventHandler("onClientRender", root, drawLoteryTicket) 
end 
  
function drawLoteryTicket() 
    if lotteryTickOpen then 
        dxDrawImage ( screenWidth/2-224.5,screenHeight/2-300, 449, 600, 'lotteryNotscratched.png') 
    elseif lotteryTickScratchedOpen then 
        dxDrawImage ( screenWidth/2-224.5,screenHeight/2-300, 449, 600, 'lotteryScratched.png') 
  
        --lotoslots 
        dxDrawText(tostring(randomNumbers[1]), 467, 290, 584, 402, tocolor(0,0,0, 255), 3.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
        dxDrawText(tostring(randomNumbers[2]), 613, 290, 730, 402, tocolor(0,0,0, 255), 3.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
        dxDrawText(tostring(randomNumbers[3]), 768, 290, 885, 402, tocolor(0,0,0, 255), 3.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
        dxDrawText(tostring(randomNumbers[4]), 467, 432, 584, 544, tocolor(0,0,0, 255), 3.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
        dxDrawText(tostring(randomNumbers[5]), 618, 432, 735, 544, tocolor(0,0,0, 255), 3.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
        dxDrawText(tostring(randomNumbers[6]), 768, 432, 885, 544, tocolor(0,0,0, 255), 3.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
        dxDrawText(tostring(randomNumbers[7]), 471, 562, 588, 674, tocolor(0,0,0, 255), 3.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
        dxDrawText(tostring(randomNumbers[8]), 622, 562, 739, 674, tocolor(0,0,0, 255), 3.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
        dxDrawText(tostring(randomNumbers[9]), 768, 562, 885, 674, tocolor(0,0,0, 255), 3.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
    end 
end