How do I pause a loop until a BindableEvent is being fired?

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1

Let’s say this while loop prints 1 to 10. It will stop and wait for the signal from the Bindable Event before it loops again, how’d I achieve that?

while true do
	for i = 1,10,1 do
		print(i)
	end
	
	BindableEvent.Event:Connect(function(data)
		print(data)
	end) -- Will not puase the loop
end

Something similar to :Wait() but I can not include arguments, this is exactly what I want to achieve:

while true do
	for i = 1,10,1 do
		print(i)
	end
	
	BindableEvent.Event:Wait() -- Pause the loop and won't run until this Bindable Event is being fired
	print(data)
end
2

Have you tried to call event outside of the while loop?
Something like this should be more logical to use:

local flag = false 

BindableEvent.Event:Connect(function(data)
     flag = true
end) 

while true do
	for i = 1,10,1 do
		print(i)
	end
	
	repeat wait() until flag == true

    -- Function from bindable event in which case for it was 'print(data)'
    print(data)

    flag = false
end
3

RBXScriptConnection:Wait() would be much better for this.

You should avoid doing repeat wait() until X when you can use an event.

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4

you can use a variable

while true do
	for i = 1,10,1 do
		print(i)
	end
	
	local data = BindableEvent.Event:Wait() -- Pause the loop and won't run until this Bindable Event is being fired
	print(data)
end
5

@ArticGamerTV I don’t think using a flag is efficient especially when repeat wait() is being used, but thanks for the suggestion though.
Never thought of binding it to a variable, thanks!

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