Module Script Can't do wait() function

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#1

I’ve been trying to improve various portions of code I’ve wrote, trying to use Module Scripts to reduce the amount of spaghetti code but this atrocious wait function I tried to use simply refuses to work:

function functions.wait(n)
    local elapsed = 0
    if n == nil then n = 0 end

	repeat
		elapsed = elapsed + game:GetService("RunService").Heartbeat:Wait() --Why doesn't this work!?
    until elapsed >= n
    return elapsed
end

Every time a script calls that function from the module script, it returns an error like this:
ServerScriptService.Functions:12: attempt to compare table and number

I’ve tried using other methods such as tick() and os.clock() and they all have the same result.
The function works 100% when it isn’t in the module script however which is annoying and not what I want.

How am I supposed to fix this without copying the function to every single server script individually.

#2

ServerScriptService.Functions:12: attempt to compare table and number

It’s because you’re calling the function as function:wait(n) so it passes the first argument as self implicitly but you can’t use self because of the way you defined the function so the first argument is passed as a table which is self, due to which it is errors. Call the function as functions.wait(n).

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