Having an event happen 4/50 times (Harlowe)

TJKnapp

So I want what is happening to happen only 4/50 times. What I have to do to get something to happen this often is this:

(set: $random to (random: 1,50))
	
    (if: $random is 1)[ (display: "AA") ]
    (if: $random is 2)[ (display: "AA") ]
    (if: $random is 3)[ (display: "AA") ]
    (if: $random is 4)[ (display: "AA") ]

Is there an easier way to do this?

Sharpe

Certainly.

First, take a look at the Twine 2 syntax guide, particularly the TwineScript Operators section, here: http://twine2.neocities.org/

Specifically, for this you'd want to use a "less than or equal to" operator.

I tested the following code and found it to work:

(set: $random to (random: 1,50))

(if: $random <= 4)[(display: "AA")]
(else:)[(display: "BB")]

$random

Hope that helps!

TJKnapp

That helps a little bit, but if I wanted to add another event that happens 3/50 times, how would I do that. I'm guessing it would be something like this:

(set: $random to (random: 1,50))
    
        (if: $random <= 4)[ (display: "AA") ]
	(if: 5 <= $random <= 7)[ (display: "BB") ]
        (else:)[ (display: "CC") ]

However, this doesn't work. Do you have any idea how I would do this?

greyelf

You have two choices:

1. Checking Increasingly larger values.
The following works because if $random is greater then 4 then the first condition will not be true, so the second condition is checked.

(set: $random to (random: 1,50))

(if: $random <= 4)[(display: "AA")]
(elseif: $random <= 7)[(display: "BB")]
(else:)[(display: "BB")]

2. Checking a range.

(set: $random to (random: 1,50))

(if: $random <= 4)[(display: "AA")]
(elseif: $random > 4 and $random <= 7)[(display: "BB")]
(else:)[(display: "BB")]

TJKnapp

Thank you!