#Position of part is not being randomized properly

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rare lintel
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I'm making a little fruit picking minigame where apples are automatically added to your basket stored in your inventory as soon as you pick them (not actively held out, because the apples use a ClickDetector).
The position of the apples should be randomizing here, but they aren't, i don't know why, does anyone else know?

local Basket = script.Parent

Basket.Items.ChildAdded:Connect(function(Child)
    print(Child)
    Child.Handle.Position = Basket.Handle.Position + Vector3.new(math.random(-0.5, 0.5), #Basket.Items:GetChildren() / 10 + 0.5, math.random(-0.5, 0.5)) --X and Z do not randomize, however the Y value does change correctly
    Child.Handle.Orientation = Vector3.new(math.random(0, 360), math.random(0, 360), math.random(0, 360))
    
    local Weld = Instance.new("WeldConstraint")
    Weld.Parent = Basket.Handle
    Weld.Part0 = Basket.Handle
    Weld.Part1 = Child.Handle
end)

First image: a stupid and ugly clump of apples that should be more spread out
Second image: location of all relevant instances in the explorer

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i am relatively new to roblox studio, mind the unreadable/unoptimized code

restive field
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hey

rare lintel
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o/

restive field
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alr lets see

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found it

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math.random(-0.5, 0.5)

rare lintel
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what about that

restive field
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so basiacally in lua math.random(a, b) only returns integers when you provide two arguments

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So math.random(-0.5, 0.5) actually doesn’t work as expected

rare lintel
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is that not 2 arguments?

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-0.5, 0.5

restive field
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Lol great question

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its one of the wierd things to lua

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it rounds both -0.5 and 0.5 to 0, and ends up doing

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math.random(0, 0)

rare lintel
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oh

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do you know how i can do what i want to do instead?

restive field
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You could use

(math.random() - 0.5)

or if u want a wider range

(math.random() - 0.5) * 2

rare lintel
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whats the output of math.random() without an argument like that

restive field
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math.random(a, b) is for integers
and then
math.random() gives a float, which you can scale for precise ranges

rare lintel
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oh so between 0 and 1..?

restive field
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Yup

rare lintel
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alright, thanks :D

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restive field
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Ofcc yw :D

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