Hi. I have a code and it has a while loop in it. I want code to do something in while loop only once. Here is an example;
while true do
doOnceThing
print('Script started.')
end
--Some other code
end
How can i do it?
EDIT: I know I can put print() outside loop but it's just an example I can't do it on my own code.
This can be solved with an if statement that is only true if the condition is met. Here is an example
local doOnceThing = 1
while true do
if doOnceThing == 1 then
--insert your code here
doOnceThing = doOnceThing + 1 --this will make it never run again
end
--Some other code
end
This is a bit crude since it will constantly check if doOnceThing is equal to 1, but it will solve your current problem.
Oh thank you so much I am so dumb
How do I mark as working
If you mean to say, how do you know it's working for debuggin purposes; then add a print inside the if statement. If you mean to reference that doOnceThing has run, then compare it to the value of 2 since it added 1 to it.
fyi the local variable is read as nil in the loop
and in line 3 you forgot the word "then"
thanks, I fixed the then. and I tabbed the local doOnceThing to show that it is within the same scope as the while loop
Notice my answer Senpai ;-;
You can just do that thing before the while loop, like so:
print('Script started.')
while true do
-- Some other code
end
But if you specifically want the thing to be done in the while loop you can simply add a boolean to the code and then make something like this:
local didOnceThing = false
while true do
if didOnceThing == false then
print('Script started.')
didOnceThing = true
end
-- Some other code
end
Though it's better to use the first way.
I know but read the edit part. Thanks anyways
No problem
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@JakePlays_TV what you meant?