Mentioning a word in a for loop?
This is something I have never tried before.
Doing a #variable with a for loop. Does this actually work though?
startingTime = game.Workspace.Map.STimer.Value
for mapIn = #STimer, 1, -1
game.Workspace.Message.Text = mapIn
wait(1)
end
1 answer
What you're referring to is the numeric for loop. This loop is nothing more than saying:
-- Remember, the first "word" we give a for loop, is always the variable of it's integer. And because it's a variable, it can be anything ("i" just seems to be a fast and easy choice most of the time)
for i = 1,5 do
print(i)
end
-- Output --
-- > 1
-- > 2
-- > 3
-- > 4
-- > 5
Now, when you say something like #STimer, this isn't any different from using any other number. The "#" operator converts a table or string, to a number that represents how much content it has. For example:
-- On a string:
print(#'hello') -- > 5 (because this string has 5 characters. This can also be done with string.len())
-- On a table:
print(#{1,2,3,4,5}) -- > 5 (because this array has 5 values in it)
In your example, this will actually error since you're using "#" on neither a string, nor a table. "STimer" in this case is a value object of some kind, and cannot be converted to a number. Not enough information is provided from your code to allow me to correct it, but hopefully that explanation on numeric for loops was sufficient. Let me know if you have any questions.
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