How to make a variable increase while holding down a button?

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#1

Hello, I need some help we UserInputService.
Here is my code:

and what I want is that when you hold down W, the variable should still increase. But it does not even if I hold down It only changes it once every press.

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#2

Use a while loop. For example if you wanted it to increase every second you could just wait 1 second between each iteration

local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local down = false -- determines if pressed down

UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(input, engine_processed)
    if engine_processed then
        return
    end

    if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.W then
        down = true
        
        while down do
            positionY = positionY + 5
            wait(1) -- or however long you want
        end
    end
end)

UserInputService.InputEnded:Connect(function(input, engine_processed)
    if engine_processed then
        return
    end

    down = false -- breaks the loop
end)
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#3

You could even use ContextActionService:BindAction()

 local ContextActionService = game:GetService("ContextActionService")
 local var = 5;
 local bool = true

 local function handle(name, state)
       if name == "Holding key" then
	   if state == Enum.UserInputState.Begin then bool = true
	       while bool do
			   var += 1
               print(var)
			   wait() -- or whatever time
		    end
		else
	         bool = false
		end		    
      end
  end


 ContextActionService:BindAction("Holding key", handle, true, Enum.KeyCode.W)
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