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{{Useful Function}}
<lowercasetitle></lowercasetitle>
__NOTOC__
This function returns the N random unique rows.

==Syntax==
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">table table.getRandomRows( table theTable, uint rowsCount )</syntaxhighlight>

===Required Arguments===
* '''theTable''': The table to retrieve the total size of.
* '''rowsCount''': How many rows you want.

===Returns===
Return N random unique rows.

==Code==
<section name="Script" class="both" show="true">
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
function table.getRandomRows(table, rowsCount)
if( #table > rowsCount )then
local t = {}
local random
while(rowsCount > 0)do
random = math.random(#table)
if(not t[random] )then
t[random] = random
rowsCount = rowsCount - 1
end
end
local rows = {}
for i,v in pairs(t)do
rows[#rows + 1] = v
end
return rows
else
return table
end
end

</syntaxhighlight>
</section>

==Example==
<section name="Shared" class="both" show="true">
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
local tab = {1,2,3,4,5}
iprint( table.getRandomRows(tab, 3) ) -- will print three random rows, example {1,2,3}
</syntaxhighlight>
</section>

Author: CrosRoad95

==See Also==
{{Useful_Functions}}

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