Ugh, this is a real headache tbh. >.<

What I'm doing is I'm trying to get the predictions function, of the code below, to return a value for which to counter the player, but it doesn't, and only returns nil. I am not sure as to why this is happening, and I've looked it over, but I didn't notice anything wrong.

Although, from investigation, it seems the BlockedPath function is the cause, but I can't see any way how why, and how to fix it.

What counter-measures do you mean? Well, as an example, I have it set up, in a table, so that the compiler constructs a string, then the string compare to a prediction; say the compiler says '14,' and the win is '7,' but the code doesn't pick this up, and goes for a random space (value) instead.

This is the code I'm using:

local Predictions = { -- This is the predictions table; not very efficient, but hopefully it does the job
	{'12', '3'}, -- The first value is the warning value, and the second value is the number to prevent the match
	{'13', '2'},
	{'14', '7'},
	{'15', '9'},
	{'17', '4'},
	{'23', '1'},
	{'25', '8'},
	{'28', '5'},
	{'35', '7'},
	{'45', '6'},
	{'46', '5'},
	{'56', '4'},
	{'59', '1'},
	{'57', '3'},
	{'78', '9'},
	{'79', '8'},
	{'89', '7'}
}
local Blocked = {}

function BlockedPath(value)
	print('Check for blocked path') -- Prints
	for i, v in pairs(Blocked) do
		print(v, 'blocked') -- Prints
		if value == v then
			print('Path blocked') -- Prints
			return true
		end
	end
	print('No block') -- Doesn't print
	return false
end

function CompareValueToPredictions(value)
	print('Compare values')
	for i, v in pairs(Predictions) do
		print('Predictions:', v[1], v[2]) -- Prints
		if value == v[1] then
			print('Prediction') -- Prints
			if BlockedPath(v[1]) then print('Blocked') return end -- Prints
			table.insert(Blocked, v[1])
			print(value, v[1], BlockedPath(v[1]), v[2]) -- Doesn't print
			return v[2] -- Doesn't return
		end
	end
	print('No comparison') -- Prints
	return nil -- Returns
end

function PreventPlayerFromWinning()
	print('Check for danger')
	table.sort(player1) -- Sort the spaces the player has ahold of
	local compile = '' -- To compile the names
	for i, v in pairs(player1) do
		compile = compile .. v -- Add to the compiler
	end
	for x = 1, 3 do -- If the first time fails, then try again another 2 lol
		local compareValuesToPredictions = CompareValueToPredictions(compile) -- Return the value
		print(compareValuesToPredictions, 'thing') -- nil thing
		if compareValuesToPredictions then -- Found match
			print('Prediction found') -- Doesn't print
			for i, v in pairs(script.Parent.Frame:GetChildren()) do
				if v == compareValuesToPredictions then
					print('Prevent')
					return v -- Return counter
				end
			end
		end
	end
	print('Failed')
	return nil -- Returns nil
end

This is apart of the code that I'm submitting to the Snack Break #22; however, the code isn't working as I wanted it to, and I can't figure out why. ;-;

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