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How to pick different values from pairs?

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for i,v in pairs(values) do
if string.lower(v):sub(1, #text) == string.lower(text) then
	first.Text = v
	second.Text = v
	third.Text = v
	fourth.Text = v
end
end

So I'm trying to make a suggestion box where there are 4 different suggestions that auto complete words from a table as a player is typing something (which is text). It works all fine, but I can't figure out how to get second.Text get a different value from the pairs loop, and then third.Text to have another value etc. Any help please?

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You need an if statement as shown below

local myTable = {"Hello", "Bye", "Good Day", "Hi", "Hey", "Buh-Bye", "Good afternoon", "Good evening"}

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
	Player.Chatted:Connect(function(text)
		local first,second,third,fourth = nil
		
		for _,word in pairs(myTable) do
			if string.lower(word):sub(1, #text) == string.lower(text) then	
				--This is what you needed.
				--Checks to make sure the words are not empty
				if not first then							
					first = word
				elseif not second then
					second = word
				elseif not third then
					third = word
				elseif not fourth then
					fourth = word
				end											
			end
		end

		print(tostring(first))
		print(tostring(second))
		print(tostring(third))
		print(tostring(fourth))	
	end)
end)
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