IntValue jumps up by 2 or 3, except for 1, using ipairs

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1

I’m attempting to make a code in which hold warnings given to users, but whenever I warn someone, the value could +2 or +3, rather than +1. What’s the concurrent issue? I’m using ipairs and that may be the case of why it’s not functioning as intended. The code’s:

--[ Variables
local prefix = "!"    
local groupId = 3810524
local rank = 4
--[ Setup
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
    plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
        if plr:GetRankInGroup(groupId) <= rank then
            local ui = script.WarningGUI:Clone()
            ui.Parent = char.Head
        end
    plr.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)
        if plr:GetRankInGroup(groupId) >= rank then
            local msg = string.lower(msg)
            local splitMsg = msg:split(" ")
            local arg1 = splitMsg[1]
            local cmd = arg1:split(prefix)[2] 
            local plrToWarn = splitMsg[2]
			local found
            if cmd == "warn" then 
                local reason = {}
                for reasonE in string.gmatch(msg, "[^%s]+") do 
                    table.insert(reason, reasonE)
                end
                reason = table.concat(reason, " ", 3)
                local filter = game:GetService("TextService"):FilterStringAsync(reason, plr.UserId):GetNonChatStringForBroadcastAsync()
                for _, i in ipairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
                    if i.Name:lower():sub(1, #plrToWarn) == plrToWarn then 
                        found = i
						break
                        end
                    end
				if found then
					local ui = found.Character.Head.WarningGUI
                    local cWarnings = ui.Warnings
                    cWarnings.Value = cWarnings.Value + 1
	                ui.WarningLabel.Text = "Warning ["..cWarnings.Value.."] - "..filter
					end
                end        
            end
        end)
    end)
end)
2

ipairs doesn’t check any nil values. Check if anything is registering as nil

3

How would I make it to check for nil values?

4 
if "Whatever your checking for" ~= nil then
      --Code
end
5

U have nested connections. Everytime the characterAdded RBXSignal is fired, you’re also creating a chatted event listener. After multiple spawns you’ll have multiple function calls to handle 1 chat event.