How to make an if statement not break a loop

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#1

Hi!
I need help, because I don’t know how to make an if statement not break a loop.
Here is an example:

while true do
	wait(5)
	
	local RandomNumber = math.random(1, 10)
		
	if RandomNumber == 3 then
		print("The Number is 3")
	end
	
end

So if the number is 3 it will print the thing, but it breaks the loop. I want it to not break the loop.
Does anyone know how to do that?

any help is appreciated!

#2

It shouldn’t break the loop? Explain to me what makes you believe it breaks the loop.

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#3

How come this is making the loop break? this shouldn’t be occuring

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#4

Is there something wrong in here that breaks the loop?

#5

I’m a little confused, is Events a folder of ModuleScripts? If it is, you’re calling its method wrong. I’m sure there’s bound to be an error in the console/output if you checked it when you run the code. If there is, tell me what it is.

#6

Is there any errors being thrown at you at all?

#7

Events is a folder in the serverscriptservice which the modulescript is in and no there are no errors

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#8

It doesn’t work because the folder is empty @OzeanSyler

#9

You made a new folder in the script and the new folder is empty

#10

What’s the code in the ModuleScripts? I’m guessing that it’s the code in those ModuleScripts that yield the loop forever.

#11

wait thats true its a while true do loop, do you know how to fix it so it doesnt yield?

#12

Again, show me the code you have in the ModuleScripts, and I’ll show you where the problem is.

#13 
local function spin(Subject)
	while true do
		Subject:PivotTo(Subject:GetPivot() * CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(7), 0))
		wait(0.01)
	end
end
return spin
#14

it would be best to surround that while loop in a task.spawn() so that it does not yield the current thread, like this:

local function spin(Subject)
	task.spawn(function()
		while true do
			Subject:PivotTo(Subject:GetPivot() * CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(7), 0))
			wait(0.01)
		end
	end)

end
return spin

Just reminding you that it’s best not to use a while true loop, and instead use a loop that you can terminate (for example while boolVariable do, which stops when boolVariable is false).

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#15

That is just a band-aid over an error. I wouldn’t use a modulescrip here at all.
This loop has no exit … if you mean to have it spin forever use a tween.

#16

That is true, a ModuleScript does seem a little excessive here, the functions can simply be stored in a table in the same script as the loop.

#17

This will spin the object in a full 360 over and over.

TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")
spininfo = TweenInfo.new(9,Enum.EasingStyle.Linear)

--120, 240, 360
Spin1 = TweenService:Create(script.Parent,spininfo,{CFrame = script.Parent.CFrame * CFrame.Angles(math.rad(120),0,0)})
Spin2 = TweenService:Create(script.Parent,spininfo,{CFrame = script.Parent.CFrame * CFrame.Angles(math.rad(240),0,0)})
Spin3 = TweenService:Create(script.Parent,spininfo,{CFrame = script.Parent.CFrame * CFrame.Angles(math.rad(360),0,0)})

task.wait(0.33) Spin1:Play()
Spin1.Completed:Connect(function()Spin2:Play() end)
Spin2.Completed:Connect(function()Spin3:Play() end)
Spin3.Completed:Connect(function()Spin1:Play() end)
#18

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