while i < 5 do
wait(0.5)
boot_text.Text = boot_text.Text .. " ."
i = i + 1
if i == 5 then
i = 1
boot_text.Text = "Booting"
end
end
I want this loop to stop after 3 cycles (meaning that once i has been reset to = 1, three times).
Is this possible?
You can use a nested for loop to achieve this. Essentially, we have a crown loop call a second loop #n time(s). You can also achieve better efficiency with this iteration function as it allows us to provide a numerical condition start, stop, step (optional) which get's pushed into a parameter that we can use to keep track of our current iteration in the same behavior as creating a variable and incrementing it.
####Note:
You can use the :rep() method of String to determine how many trailing dot characters you wish to append to the text without having to add it piece by piece.
for _ = 1,3 do
for i = 0,5 do
boot_text.Text = "Booting"..('.'):rep(i)
wait(.5) end
end
Thank you!
Yes this is possible. Maybe the simplest way would be to add a cycle variable to count how many times the loop runs. I will insert this variable into your code. Actually let me adjust the code a little bit more.
local cycleCount = 0
while cycleCount < 3 do
cycleCount = cycleCount + 1
for i = 1, 5 do
wait(0.5)
boot_text.Text = boot_text.Text .. " ."
i = i + 1
if i == 5 then
i = 1
boot_text.Text = "Booting"
end
end
end
This should just count each time the while loop runs and stop when cycleCount gets to 3. It should also run the loop to get i to 5 and run the code for that as well. Hopefully this helped!
I just updated the answer given. Hopefully this is what you wanted it to do, I have not tested it but it should give you an idea.
Use a nested for loop.
You could also use a nested for loop yes.
Thank you!
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do you just want it to run 3 times?