Scripting Help 6/8/11

Dear BCG,
What I would like to know is, how do I create a loop in a script? By that I mean like having a brick flash colors or something, over and over and over. I hope you can help me...

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-cblack9999

Dear cblack9999,
for loops are very simple. They are used to repeat something a certain amount of times. For example, to make a brick flash colors using a for loop, you can make it flash only a certain amount of times. For example:


for i=1,4 do
script.Parent.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Really red")
wait(0.2)
script.Parent.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Really blue")
end

That will run four times. However, there is a way to make it completely random! Just by using BrickColor.random()! Here is an example:

for i=1,4 do
script.Parent.BrickColor = BrickColor.random()
wait(0.2)
end

Here is a breakdown.

for

That basically says 'do the following'....The next part:

i=1

That says 'start at one'.
The final part:

,5 do

This says 'Until i equals 5 continue'.
All in all:

for i=1,5 do
print("Loop has run "..i.." times!")
end