How to make a loop only happen for a given amount of time

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#1

Hello,

I have this while true do loop below which loops a print forever. How can I make it so it only loops this process for 10 seconds?

while true do
	wait(0)
	print("One cycle completed")
	wait(1)
end
#2

You could use a for loop for this, like so:

for i = 1, 10 do -- starts from x (1), until y (10)
    task.wait(1)
    print('Cycle completed, on', i) 
    -- every time loop runs, 'i' is the number of the current cycle
end
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#3

Awesome, thanks so much! I’ll test this… and if it works, I will mark it as my solutuion.

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#4 
for i = 10, 0, -1 do
	print(i)
	task.wait(1)
end

If you’re looking for a timer.

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#5

what do these numbers mean?

edit:
the i= x represents how many times it loops
the middle represents what number the loop ends at
and the final number represents intervals the i=x is changed by each loop.

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