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Function inside while loop makes while loop wait()?

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patrline5599 150
8 years ago

Do functions that are called inside of a while true do loop affect the progress of the loop? For instance

function waitFunction() wait(5) print("function") end

while true do wait(1) print("loop") waitFunction() end

will waitFunction keep the loop from proceeding until it's done?

and if so, how do I avoid that from happening?

thanks!

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User#11440 120
8 years ago
Edited 8 years ago

Yes.

How to avoid this,

There are a few ways. The first way is the use Coroutines, second Option is to use the Delay function, and last is to use the Spawn Function. I'm familiar with all of these, but I'm best at using Delay, so that's what I'll be using.

function waitFunction()
    print("function")
end

while true do
    wait(1)
    print("loop")
    delay(5,waitFunction)
end

Here's the link to where you can learn more about delay.

Good Luck!

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Awesome! Thank you for your help, delay will work perfectly. I accept your answer patrline5599 150 — 8y
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