Cloning functions?

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#1

Is it possible if I can clone functions? The function I want to use loops itself with different tables so it’s reasonable that I would use coroutine.

The problem is that when I call coroutine.yield inside the function. It stops every coroutine that’s running related to the function. I just want a specific coroutine to be stopped.

local TaskTable = {}

local numTable = {1,2,3}
local stringTable = {"One","Two","Three"}

local active = true

local function define(array)
	while true do
		for i,v in ipairs(array) do
			print(v)
			wait(1)
		end
		if not active then
			coroutine.yield() -- Return could also work.
		end
	end
end

local NewTask = coroutine.create(define)
coroutine.resume(NewTask,numTable)

wait(4)

local NewerTask = coroutine.create(define)
coroutine.resume(NewerTask,stringTable)

wait(3)
print("Pause!")
active = false

--[[Output
  17:34:53.240  1  -  Server - AA:12
  17:34:55.776  2  -  Server - AA:12
  17:34:58.107  3  -  Server - AA:12
  17:34:58.146  One  -  Server - AA:12
  17:34:59.120  1  -  Server - AA:12
  17:34:59.153  Two  -  Server - AA:12
  17:35:00.137  2  -  Server - AA:12
  17:35:00.154  Three  -  Server - AA:12
  17:35:01.138  3  -  Server - AA:12
  17:35:01.154  Pause!  -  Server - AA:30
]]

I just want the function to stop printing the numTable, not both of them.

#2

I’m not EXACTLY sure what you mean, but if you mean you want to use the same function in multiple scripts, you would need to use a ModuleScript.

#3

Something like this

local TaskTable = {}

local numTable = {1,2,3}
local stringTable = {"One","Two","Three"}

local function define(task, array)
	TaskTable[task] = true
	while true do
		for i,v in ipairs(array) do
			print(v)
			wait(1)
		end
		if TaskTable[task] == nil then
			coroutine.yield() -- Return could also work.
		end
	end
end

local NewTask = coroutine.create(define)
coroutine.resume(NewTask,NewTask,numTable)

wait(4)

local NewerTask = coroutine.create(define)
coroutine.resume(NewerTask,NewerTask,stringTable)

wait(3)
print("Pause!")
TaskTable[NewTask] = nil

--[[
  19:54:18.516  1  -  Server - Script:10
  19:54:19.927  2  -  Server - Script:10
  19:54:20.939  3  -  Server - Script:10
  19:54:21.954  1  -  Server - Script:10
  19:54:22.523  One  -  Server - Script:10
  19:54:22.971  2  -  Server - Script:10
  19:54:23.538  Two  -  Server - Script:10
  19:54:23.972  3  -  Server - Script:10
  19:54:24.555  Three  -  Server - Script:10
  19:54:24.988  1  -  Server - Script:10
  19:54:25.539  Pause!  -  Server - Script:28
  19:54:25.556  One  -  Server - Script:10
  19:54:25.989  2  -  Server - Script:10
  19:54:26.556  Two  -  Server - Script:10
  19:54:27.005  3  -  Server - Script:10
  19:54:27.564  Three  -  Server - Script:10
  19:54:28.571  One  -  Server - Script:10
  19:54:29.572  Two  -  Server - Script:10
  19:54:30.589  Three  -  Server - Script:10
  19:54:31.604  One  -  Server - Script:10
  19:54:32.621  Two  -  Server - Script:10
  19:54:33.639  Three  -  Server - Script:10
]]
Clone a coroutine?
#4

OHHhh!! Nice! This was exactly what I was looking for! Thanks so much man, saved me so many hours. Sweet…

Edit: Didn’t think to add more arguments inside coroutine.resume() and prob never would

#5

if a function is running with an argument and then you call that function again with a different argument it’s gonna override the current running one. Assuming it’s in ModuleScript.

I did it one time accidentally when I was tweening a gui, and that GUI never completely stopped because I kept changing the argument.