Help with restarting a function

[Onmiodo (Empedocles)]

I want a function to restart if called again. The function is essentially built like this:

uis.InputBegan:Connect(function(input)
	if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Left then
		print("do the thing")
		task.wait(1)
		print("do the other thing")
	end
end)

Specifically, I am looking for a way to prevent the “other thing” from happening if the player hits the left arrow key during the second duration between the first “thing” and the “other thing.” I always want the original “thing” to happen upon pressing the key.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[azqjanna]

A common way to do it is like this

local busy = false

uis.InputBegan:Connect(function(input)
	if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Left and not busy then
		busy = true

		print("do the thing")
		task.wait(1)
		print("do the other thing")

		busy = false
	end
end)

Actually it looks like you want to do something slightly different: if the player presses the input again before 1 second has passed, “do the thing” again and do not do the previously queued “other thing” until another second has passed?

[HafuPlay]

task and corontine libraries allows you to execute functions in threads. Threads can be killed, preventing it from running.

[ICodeTrust (Max)]

This is how it could be done without having to use coroutines but idk how efficient it is

local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local GlobalExecutionId = 0

UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input)
	if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Left then
		GlobalExecutionId += 1 -- This will keep track of how many times this function has been called
		local CurrentId = GlobalExecutionId -- Set the id for the current env

		print("do the thing")
		task.wait(1)

		if GlobalExecutionId == CurrentId then -- Check GlobalExecutionId is the same, if it is continue, if not, stop.
			print("do the other thing")
		end
	end
end)

[Ziffixture (Ziffix)]

local scheduledAction


local function onInputBegan(input: InputObject, gameProcessedEvent: boolean)
    if gameProcessedEvent then
        return
    end

    if input.KeyCode ~= Enum.KeyCode.Left then
        return
    end

    if scheduledAction then
        task.cancel(scheduledAction)
    end

    -- Initial stuff...

    scheduledAction = task.delay(1, function()
        -- Other stuff...
    end)
end


UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(onInputBegan)

[Onmiodo (Empedocles)]

I figured it out. This is pretty much the code I used.

doingthing = 0

uis.InputBegan:Connect(function(input)
	if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Left then
		print("do the thing")
		doingthing += 1
		task.wait(1)
		doingthing -= 1
		if doingthing == 0 then
			print("do the other other thing)
		end
	end
end)

A few people said similar stuff, but this is probably the simplest way to do it.