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United States of America
Posted 24 September 2015 - 06:44 PM
The title is pretty ambiguous, I'm not exactly sure how to word my problem… I have a number that can be anything between 0 and 99. I have a string that has at least 4 characters, separated into groups of 2 (if odd, the last group will be 1). I can find the number of these groups.
My problem is this: I want the first number to determine which of the other 2+ numbers is selected. For example, if I have 2 other numbers (let's say 66 and 25), the first number being below 49 would result in 66 being selected, the number being above 50 would result in 25 being selected.
(secret and current are strings, this is in a loop)
My problem is this: I want the first number to determine which of the other 2+ numbers is selected. For example, if I have 2 other numbers (let's say 66 and 25), the first number being below 49 would result in 66 being selected, the number being above 50 would result in 25 being selected.
local n = tostring( secret:sub( i, i ):byte()^current:sub( i, i ):byte() )
if #n < 5 then
new = new .. string.char( tonumber( n:sub( 1, 2 ) ) )
else
local choices = math.ceil( #n - 2 )
--#range = 0, 99
local decision = tonumber( n:sub( 1, 2 ) )
--#what do I do here?? I'm lost.
end
(secret and current are strings, this is in a loop)
