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[shedletsky]

Roblox Tutorial Scripting[5] Moving Part

Post any questions you have here - I'm trying to compose a FAQ for the ROBLOX wiki (I and maybe others will also answer them).

[Trappingnoobs]

What's a generic for loop? Is it the ordinary one? I've heard it a lot and was planning to look it up whenever I remembered and wasn't messing around on minecraft or something, and since you want questions.

[samacado]

What is this 'recursion' thing so many geeks make jokes about, and how do I get in on the joke?

[Stickmasterluke]

What's a generic for loop? Is it the ordinary one? I've heard it a lot and was planning to look it up whenever I remembered and wasn't messing around on minecraft or something, and since you want questions.

In the tutorial I talk about simple "for loops." If you want a real loop you can use

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while true do
--content
end
or

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repeat
--content
until true
You can change out the "true" for a condition if you would like the loop to end, or run a line that says "break" inside of the loop. While the condition true is true, they will both continue to loop.

Personally I use while true do, and I can make it solve all of my problems.

[Trappingnoobs]

What's a generic for loop? Is it the ordinary one? I've heard it a lot and was planning to look it up whenever I remembered and wasn't messing around on minecraft or something, and since you want questions.

In the tutorial I talk about simple "for loops." If you want a real loop you can use

Code: [Select]

while true do
--content
end
or

Code: [Select]

repeat
--content
until true
You can change out the "true" for a condition if you would like the loop to end, or run a line that says "break" inside of the loop. While the condition true is true, they will both continue to loop.

Personally I use while true do, and I can make it solve all of my problems.

Nah, I know all the loops, I've just always heard the word generic and never known which loop it corresponded to.

[xzbobzx]

Excuse me good sir, but exactly why do you press the little green square before you work on a script?
This is the very worst way to script, no matter how you look at it...

[Trappingnoobs]

Excuse me good sir, but exactly why do you press the little green square before you work on a script?
This is the very worst way to script, no matter how you look at it...

SQUARE?!

Ok, you must now watch this educational video:

Mister Maker - Shapes

You may also find this usefull:

Children's: Shapes

[xzbobzx]

Excuse me good sir, but exactly why do you press the little green square before you work on a script?
This is the very worst way to script, no matter how you look at it...

SQUARE?!

Ok, you must now watch this educational video:

Mister Maker - Shapes

You may also find this usefull:

Children's: Shapes

So that green thingy is called a triangle you say?
Well golly, I never actually realized that there are any other shapes than squares!

[blocco]

Excuse me good sir, but exactly why do you press the little green square before you work on a script?
This is the very worst way to script, no matter how you look at it...

SQUARE?!

Ok, you must now watch this educational video:

Mister Maker - Shapes

You may also find this usefull:

Children's: Shapes

LOL I thought they were gonna make Nyan Cat with the squares.  O_O

What is this 'recursion' thing so many geeks make jokes about, and how do I get in on the joke?

Google 'recursion'.  At least that's what I think it is.  Not sure.

[Trappingnoobs]

LOL I thought they were gonna make Nyan Cat with the squares.  O_O

Damn, can't find a video to teach you the difference between a cat and a square.

[Zuka]

Recursion is like...

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local maxderp = 10
function someFunc(derp)
if derp < maxderp then
print(derp)
someFunc(derp + 1)
end
end

derp(0)

That basically prints 0-9. Or something like that. It's like looping but you can do more with it.

[Tomtomn00]

Okay.

[wiipro55]

Oh I see

[madattak]

Thankyou! Ive been puzzlign over 'for' loops for ages!

[SamuelKingx]

Why am I here? I can do all this.