Updating IntValue in Changed Event

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function PlayerManager.CheckForGamepass(player)
	local gold = player.leaderstats.Gold
	local oldValue = gold.Value
	local conn
	
	local function CheckForMultiplier(newValue)
		if player:GetAttribute("DoubleGold") then
			if newValue > oldValue then
				local increasedAmount = newValue - oldValue
				increasedAmount *= 2
				gold.Value += increasedAmount
				oldValue = gold.Value
				conn:Disconnect()
				conn = gold.Changed:Connect(CheckForMultiplier)
			end
		end
	end
	
	conn = gold.Changed:Connect(CheckForMultiplier)
end

I’m currently finding the difference in the newValue - oldValue and then multiplying it by 2, are there any issues from this code or am I doing it correctly?

Thank you!

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why is this part needed?
after that i think youve done it correctly

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I thought that I would need to reconnect the connection after disconnecting it. I removed it now. I tried out the code however, I got the error Maximum event re-entrancy depth exceeded for IntValue.Changed. I assumed disconnecting the event would fix it but what is causing it to perform recursion?

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yes you will need to reconnect it after disconnecting if you want to use it,
but you wont need to disconnect at all
events can fire multiple times with 1 function

where is

called?

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I figured it out. Rather than disconnecting the event as you mentioned, I used a debounce instead and it’s stopping the recursion from occurring. I also added an if statement to set the oldValue to the newValue if the value decreased to ensure that this multiplier works after a decrease in value. Thank you for the brainstorming and help!

function PlayerManager.CheckForGamepass(player)
	local gold = player.leaderstats.Gold
	local oldValue = gold.Value
	local debounce = false
	
	local function CheckForMultiplier(newValue)
		if player:GetAttribute("DoubleGold") then
			if newValue > oldValue then
				if not debounce then
					debounce = true
					local increasedAmount = newValue - oldValue
					increasedAmount *= 2
					gold.Value += increasedAmount
					oldValue = gold.Value
					debounce = false
				end
			else
				oldValue = newValue
			end
		end
	end
	
	gold.Changed:Connect(CheckForMultiplier)
end