weird repeating print statement

[tame niche]

for some reason i have a function that prints the correct output and then prints again resulting in an empty table. (check the attached photo for the output)

this is the function responsible for the error

local function decideOptions()
    local randomNumRed = math.random(1, #characterList)
    local randomNumBlue = math.random(1, #characterList)
    local choices = {}
    if randomNumRed == randomNumBlue then
        decideOptions()
    else
        for i, v in pairs(characterList) do
            if i == randomNumRed or randomNumBlue then
                table.insert(choices, v)
            end
        end
    end
    print(choices)
    return choices
end

[random anchor]

return decideOptions()

also your if statement is a bit off

if i == randNumRed or i == randNumBlue then

[tame niche]

returning decideOptions() nearly crashes the game

[random anchor]

did u fix your if statments

also how many characters are in characterslist?

if its just 1 then both of the random numbers are always gonna be 1 because theres no other number they can return with only 1 character in the list and your 1st if statement checks if both numbers equal each other, it runs the function again and then in that function the same thing happens creating a loop that crashes your game

[tame niche]

yes i fixed the

@random anchor theres 2 characters for that reason