How do I set animation for each instance?

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I'm creating 10 instances of the same object at the start of the layout and what I'm trying to do is set their animation to be a random animation for each instance but I can't get it to work.

I have 3 animations and I named them 0,1 and 2 to be able to set the animation randomly using the random() expression.

Basically, this is what it looks like:

On start of layout:
sub->Repeat 10 times : Create object
                      : Set animation to str(random(2))[/code:8jiwq5dk]

But it doesn't work. Each instance display the first animation like nothing happened.
I have even tried using an instance variable. First generate a random value, store it inside an instance variable and use the variable to change the animation but I get the same result. I have also tried using the For each condition after all the objects are created:

[code:8jiwq5dk]On start of layout:
sub->Repeat 10 times : Create object
                      : Set animation to random(2)    //this is an instance variable of object
sub->For each object  : Set animation to str(object.animation)  [/code:8jiwq5dk]

It didn't work either. 
The only thing I managed to get to work is a counter variable.  I increasing the value of the variable after each instance created and use that to set the animation.

[code:8jiwq5dk]On start of layout:
sub-> Local number counter = 0
sub->Repeat 10 times : Create object
                      : Set animation to str(counter)
                      : Add 1 to counter
sub->-> counter = 3   : Set counter to 0[/code:8jiwq5dk]

This is the only thing that works and set the animation of each instance to be different but it is not exactly what I want. 

Anyone could help me please how to set random animation for each instance?

Thanks.

First you might want to use str(floor(random(3)) otherwise you won't be getting a whole number and you would never get animation "2". Alternatively, use choose("0","1","2")

Also, have you tired separating out the set animation into a Create object event?

e.g:

On start of layout

repeat 10 times: create object X

On object X created

set animation to str(floor(random (3))

Using the "On created" can get around a bunch of other problems that can arise when trying to set variables and states of created objects immediately after they've been created but before they've been drawn.

Thanks a lot it worked

The "On created" event and the floor() expression sort of worked but for some reason the floor(random()) expression always returned only 2 of 3 possible values like it was returning only 0 and 1 or only 1 and 2 but never 0,1 and 2... but the choose() expression just solved all the problems

Glad to have helped