Stopping a wait() in a coroutine

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#1

I’m facing a problem which I can’t seem to solve, I’m still a beginner when it comes to coroutines and I still need help for this one

local rs = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local fighting = false

coroutine.wrap(function()
	while true do
		if fighting == false then
			print("paused")
			wait()
		elseif fighting == true then
			print("attacked!")
			wait(15)
		end
	end
end)()


rs.Remotes.Fight.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
	fighting = true
end)

rs.Remotes.Quit.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
	fighting = false
end)

How would I make it that it stops the wait(15) immediately after “fighting” is set to false?

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#2 
local fighting = false
local stopthread = nil
coroutine.wrap(function()
	while true do
		if fighting == false then
			print("paused")
			task.wait()
		elseif fighting == true then
			stopthread = task.defer(function()
print("attacked!")
			task.wait(15)
if stopthread then
task.cancel(stopthread)
end
end)
		end
	end
end)()


rs.Remotes.Fight.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
	fighting = true
end)

rs.Remotes.Quit.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
	fighting = false
if stopthread then
task.cancel(stopthread)
stopthread = nil
end
end)

this should work not sure didnt test!

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#3

First of all. why would you ever use wait inside a coroutine? It is not recommended as there are more efficient options such as couroutine.yield, so could u pls tell me what ur tryig to achieve so I could provide a more substantial solution?

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#4

You shouldn’t be using polling mechanism like these anyways.

But I believe you can use coroutine.close or task.cancel