For i,v pairs Loop Ignore certain things in a folder?

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#1

Hi there! Is there anyway for a for i,v pairs loop to ignore certain things in a folder? Ive been trying to make it where the for i,v pairs loop ignore like a bunch of parts with a same name and ignore the others that arent the same name!
Im not good at coding at all!

Screenshot (75)

So I want the for i,v loop to ignore the parts that say “Part” and not ignore the other parts that say “Close”! Ive made a blacklist script before and the script dosent function at all! Can somebody please help me with this?

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#2

This is possible by making a if statement that checks the name of the part.

#3

Well I tryed that but I want it to print how many Close parts there is in there

if v.Name == ‘Close’ then
print(#workspace.FolderWork:GetChildren())
end

#4

Could we see the entire script?

#5 
if part.Name ~= "Part" then
      -- code here
end

Returns false if the part is named “Part”

(and yes, this goes inside the loop before the actual code runs)

#6 
> while task.wait() do
> 	local children  = workspace.FolderWork:GetChildren()
> 	for i,v in pairs(children) do
> 		if v.Name ~= "Part" then
> 			print(#workspace.FolderWork:GetChildren())
> 		end
> 	end
> end
#7 
local function GetChildrenOfName(object, name)
	local objects = {}
	for _, obj in pairs(object:GetChildren()) do
		if obj.Name == name then
			table.insert(objects, obj)
		end
	end
	return objects
end
#8

this script does not need a local function in it
also I want the script to know how many number of parts that are called ''Close" in it

#9

It will help you iterate only Close objects, and also let you know how many there are.

#10 
local ignored = {"Part"}
for i,v in ipairs(folder:GetChildren()) do
if not table.find(ignored,v.Name) then
print(v.Name.. "is not ignored!")
else
print(v.name.. "is ignored.")
end
end
#11

This does help but I want a script to like print how many there is!

#12

like how many un ignored stuff there is?

#13

keep a counter, and everytime you find the part you want, increment it by one

#14 
local ignored = {"Part"}
local yo = 0
for i,v in ipairs(folder:GetChildren()) do
if not table.find(ignored,v.Name) then
print(v.Name.. "is not ignored!")
yo += 1
else
print(v.name.. "is ignored.")
end
end
print(yo)
#15

So I tryed that and it kept saying random numbers! I wanted it to say something like this!

if not table.find(ignored,v.Name) then
			print(#workspace.FolderWork:GetChildren())
		end
	end
#16 
local parts = {}
if not table.find(ignored,v.Name) then
            table.insert(parts,v)
			print(#parts)
		end
	end
#17

So i tryed adding that but it looked like this

Screenshot (76)

Keep in mind this is a While Task.Wait() Do Script
Also there is 8 parts in the folder

local ignored = {"Part"}
local parts = {'Close'}
while task.wait() do
for i,v in ipairs(workspace.FolderWork:GetChildren()) do
		if not table.find(ignored,v.Name) then
			table.insert(parts,v)
			print(#parts)
		end
	end
end
#18

thats because you are repeat adding the part.

local parts = {}
if not table.find(ignored,v.Name) and not table.find(parts,v) then
            table.insert(parts,v)
			print(#parts)
		end
	end
#19

So in the parts table do I add “Part”?

#20

Parts table is basically the parts that it found and added, Ignored is a table that ignores the detected parts with the certain names.