How do you Reset a For Loop

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What I am currently working on is this timer for my “guess the state” game. What happens is that when the player is given a question, they must submit the correct answer to get a new question and reset the timer. If the timer reaches zero, they will be given a new question to answer and the timer resets.

So as you can clearly see, the problem is that I am trying to reset a for loop (timer) with a press of a GUI button, but with no success.

Here’s the code:

--Timer--
local function timer()
	while true do
	    for i = TimerLabelValue, 1, -1 do
		    TimerLabel.Text = i
		    wait(1)
	    end
	    local NewStatePickNumber = math.random(1, 5)
		StatePickNumber = NewStatePickNumber
		chooseState()
	end
end

--Button function--
SubmitButton.MouseButton1Down:Connect(function()
	if StatePickNumber == 1 and AnswerBox.Text == "Olympia" then --Washington Correct
		CorrectSound:Play()
		AnswerBox.Text = nil
	elseif StatePickNumber == 1 and AnswerBox.Text ~= "Olympia" then --Washington NOT Correct
		IncorrectSound:Play()
	elseif StatePickNumber == 2 and AnswerBox.Text == "Salem" then --Oregeon Correct
		CorrectSound:Play()
	elseif StatePickNumber == 2 and AnswerBox.Text ~= "Salem" then --Oregeon NOT Correct
		IncorrectSound:Play()
	elseif StatePickNumber == 3 and AnswerBox.Text == "Sacramento" then --California Correct
		CorrectSound:Play()
	elseif StatePickNumber == 3 and AnswerBox.Text ~= "Sacramento" then --California NOT Correct
		IncorrectSound:Play()
	elseif StatePickNumber == 4 and AnswerBox.Text == "Carson City" then --Nevada Correct
		CorrectSound:Play()
	elseif StatePickNumber == 4 and AnswerBox.Text ~= "Carson City" then --Nevada NOT Correct
		IncorrectSound:Play()
	elseif StatePickNumber == 5 and AnswerBox.Text == "Boise" then --Idaho Correct
		CorrectSound:Play()
	elseif StatePickNumber == 5 and AnswerBox.Text ~= "Boise" then --Idaho NOT Correct
		IncorrectSound:Play()
    end
    local NewStatePickNumber = math.random(1,10)
	correctValue = true
	StatePickNumber = NewStatePickNumber
	chooseState() --Makes new question
end)
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You can use break to break the loop and restart it.

3

break does not restart the loop, it halts it and moves on to the next line.

4

But what do I actually use to reset the for loop

5

You could just call the timer function when it’s needed also your method of updating the text won’t work out too well using while do.

6

What do you mean by calling the timer function when needed?

7

When you need it do timer() and it will call the function

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I have stated that they must restart it themself. Never have I said break restart the loop.

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