How to reset while loop that is called inside a function?

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#1

  1. What do you want to achieve?
    i want to reset a while loop instead of making a new one. The new one breaks my counter.

  2. What is the issue? Include screenshots / videos if possible!
    My while loop is called with a function. The function is called multiple times but the loop doesnt reset. In the code below it makes another loop when the function is called. How can i reset the loop instead of making a new one?

TouchEvent.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(reset)
	Player.leaderstats.CurrentTime.Value = 0
	while true do
		Player.leaderstats.CurrentTime.Value += 1
		Player.PlayerGui.LeaderboardGui.ScrollingFrame:WaitForChild("LeaderboardTemplate").CurrentTime.Text = Player.leaderstats.CurrentTime.Value
		wait(1)
	end
end)

(Local Script)

  1. What solutions have you tried so far? Did you look for solutions on the Developer Hub?
    I tried using break and continue but I cant figure out how to use those in my situation.

Please note that this is my first post on the the devforum.

#2

Okay by reset do you mean restart or do you mean completely stop the loop?

#3

Just reset the loop. Each time i call the function, the counter adds +1 number per second.

#4

If you mean to stop the loop before starting another one you can use task.spawn() for that:

local timerloop

if timerloop then
    task.cancel(timerloop) --if loop is already running this will cancel it
end

timerloop = task.spawn(function()
    --your loop
end)
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#5

Thats exactly what i mean, ill check the code but roblox servers are down again…

#6

That works perfectly, thank you very much :smiley:

#7

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