multiple random numbers but never the same

[Andrei Popa]

The way i would do it is this. First make a layer named “Number Control”. In the text source expression field write this
var a = new Array;
for (i = 0; i<100;i++) a[i]=i
function shuffle(array) {
var currentIndex = array.length, temporaryValue, randomIndex;

// While there remain elements to shuffle...
while (0 !== currentIndex) {

// Pick a remaining element...
randomIndex = Math.floor(random() * currentIndex);
currentIndex -= 1;

// And swap it with the current element.
temporaryValue = array[currentIndex];
array[currentIndex] = array[randomIndex];
array[randomIndex] = temporaryValue;
}

return array;
}
shuffle(a);
"["+a.toString()+"]"

Then use this expression in each of your layer

var x= eval(comp("Comp 1").layer("prim").text.sourceText.toString());
if (time<5) x[index] else value

credits for the shuffle function https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2450954/how-to-randomize-shuffle-a-javascript-array

Andrei
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[Andrei Popa]

I forgot to explain myself. What we basically do is take that 0-99 array and shuffle its elements. That way we do not get any double. And then we take a chunk out of it, correspondent with the indexes of your layer. This won’t work if any of your layer has the index bigger than 100.

Andrei
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[Kabo Lam]

thanks you so much, it works wonderfully

Always learning