Roblox Lua Scripting Essentials: A Step-by-Step Guide

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C. CoutinhoRoblox Lua Scripting Essentialshttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0026-9_4

4. Loops

Christopher Coutinho¹  

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Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

 

A loop is a fundamental control structure that allows you to repeatedly execute a block (chunk) of code. It’s a way to automate the repetition of a particular task or set of instructions without having to write the same code again and again. Loops are handy when you must perform an action multiple times or want to iterate through a collection of items (like an array, dictionary, or list). In Lua, you can access three major loop structures: the while, repeat…until, and for loops. In this chapter, you will dive ...