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Is there a way to stop or start loops remotely?

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Hello, I'm trying to make some code that will run a for loop to count up from 1 to infinity when you click a green button and stop the for loop when the red part is clicked and I'm not sure what to do. I'm asking if there's any way to stop or start a loop remotely? I'm also asked if there's a way to not run the code if I clicked the button more than once because if I click the button more than once, the code runs again and displays numbers all over.

Here's the code:


print("Starting script")
game.Workspace:WaitForChild("Humanoid",0.001)
print("found character")

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character
local TextLabel = script.Parent
local stop = game.Workspace.Stop
local start = game.Workspace.Start
local screengui = player.PlayerGui.ScreenGui

start.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function(click1)
	if click1 then
		print("clicked green button")
	
			for i = 1,math.huge,1 do
				wait(1)
				TextLabel.Text = i	
			end
		end
 	end)
stop.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function(click2)
	if click2 then
		print("clicked red button")
			-- what do I add here to make the for loop stop?
	end
end)
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2 answers

✓ Accepted answer

We're gonna be using the 'break' function that stops/breaks loops.

You can have a variable determine whether or not the loop should continue running

Since you're using a for loop, you can just add an if statement for the variable, and if that variable is true/false, then break the loop

Example:

local runLoop = true

for i=1,math.huge,1 do
	if runLoop == false then
		break
	end
	wait(1)
end

stop.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function()
	runLoop = false
end)

As for stopping something from running multiple times, we're gonna use a debounce

Basically just a variable that determines if the thing is already running or not, if it is already running, then it won't run it again.

Example:

local canRun = true

start.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function()
	if canRun == true then
		canRun = false
		--run your stuff
	end
end)

stop.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function()
	canRun = true
end)

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2 comments

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Is there a way to run the code again when I already activated it? If I press the green button after I pressed it to start, nothing changed. I want to continuously press the start and stop buttons and for the code to work.

Anonymous#
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First of all, I've mixed up the true/false in my example, so i edited it, second of all, I've edited it again to add the part that allows it to run again after pressing start, my bad.

Anonymous#

I asked in the comments what I needed help with next so read that if you want.

Here was the code that I used with your help: 

print("Starting script")
game.Workspace:WaitForChild("Humanoid",0.001)
print("found character")

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character
local TextLabel = script.Parent
local stop = game.Workspace.Stop
local start = game.Workspace.Start
local canRun = false
local runLoop = true

start.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function(click1)
	if canRun == false then
		canRun = true
		print("clicked green button")
		
		for i = 1,math.huge,1 do
			wait(1)
			TextLabel.Text = i	
			if runLoop == false then
				break
				end
			end
		end
	end)
stop.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function(click2)
	if click2 and runLoop == true then
		print("clicked red button")
			runLoop = false
	end
end)
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