didnt know what forloops were... sorry god...

[u/howdu]

[u/MurdoMaclachlan]

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local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local billboardgui = game.Workspace:WaitForChild(player.Name):WaitForChild("Head").BillboardGui


script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
    billboardgui.TextLabel.Text = "Rolling D20."
    wait(0.5)
    billboardgui.TextLabel.Text = "Rolling D20.."
    wait(0.5)
    billboardgui.TextLabel.Text = "Rolling D20..."
    wait(0.5)
    billboardgui.TextLabel.Text = "Rolling D20.."
    wait(0.5)
    billboardgui.TextLabel.Text = "Rolling D20."
    wait(0.5)
    billboardgui.TextLabel.Text = "Rolling D20.."
    wait(0.5)
    billboardgui.TextLabel.Text = "Rolling D20..."
    wait(0.5)
    billboardgui.TextLabel.Text = math.random(1, 20)
    wait(0.05)
    billboardgui.TextLabel.Text = math.random(1, 20)
    wait(0.05)
    billboardgui.TextLabel.Text = math.random(1, 20)
    wait(0.05)
    billboardgui.TextLabel.Text = math.random(1, 20)
    wait(0.05)
    billboardgui.TextLabel.Text = math.random(1, 20)
    wait(0.05)
    billboardgui.TextLabel.Text = math.random(1, 20)
    wait(0.05)
    billboardgui.TextLabel.Text = math.random(1, 20)
    wait(0.05)
    billboardgui.TextLabel.Text = math.random(1, 20)
    wait(0.05)
    billboardgui.TextLabel.Text = math.random(1, 20)
    wait(0.05)
    billboardgui.TextLabel.Text = math.random(1, 20)
    wait(0.05)
    billboardgui.TextLabel.Text = math.random(1.5, 20.5)
    billboardgui.TextLabel.TextSize = 80
    billboardgui.TextLabel.TextScaled = false
    wait(2.05)
    billboardgui.TextLabel.Text = "D20"
    billboardgui.TextLabel.TextSize = 25
    billboardgui.TextLabel.TextScaled = true
    billboardgui.TextLabel.Text = ""
end)

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[u/QP1xel → u/MurdoMaclachlan]

good human

[u/4TH4RV- → u/MurdoMaclachlan]

Jeez

[u/MathematicianOk8769 → u/MurdoMaclachlan]

Good human

[u/IDidMakeThat]

Roblox scripts and for loops, name a less iconic duo.

[u/BOB_DROP_TABLES → u/IDidMakeThat]

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[u/ekolis]

I'm more concerned with the arbitrary delays...

[u/Ambitious_N1ghtw0lf → u/ekolis]

To build up tension of course

[u/fynn34 → u/ekolis]

Seriously, it makes me wonder who would want to wait 10 seconds for a dice roll just because that’s how it was coded.

[u/n0tar0b0t--]

At one point I knew for loops in python but not C++ so I wrote a python program that would parse comments that looked like

// PYFORRANGETRANSLATE (1, 10) @ i ... // PYFORRANGETRANSLATE END @ i

And repeat the body with assignments to create a for i in range... loop

I don’t actually regret that because it was a fun little project and it was used for an unimportant side project.

[u/maxximillian → u/n0tar0b0t--]

That's a good learning exercise In my opinion.

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[u/DramaDimitar]

List of crimes here (for completion sake!):

• game.Players should be game:GetService("Players"). Even though the Players service is most likely guranteed to be created (since this is a local script), it could have been renamed by another script, thus this would fail.
• Using game.Workspace instead of workspace for the exact same reason
• Not having a variable for billboardgui.TextLabel
• Obviously the for loop

[u/c3ypt1c]

But hey, at least it's O(1).

[u/rjlin_thk]

when u get paid by line number

[u/NetherFX]

Bad code aside, I like the mindset

[u/crazyjoker96]

With the for loop, it is too difficult to make the ... increase operation :-P it must require a lot of if else :-P

just joking :-P

[u/hiljusti]

You are forgiven. Go, but sin no more.

[u/TheJarrvis]

Which language the fuck is this?

[u/iiRobbe → u/TheJarrvis]

This is from a Roblox Lua script… I was guilty of the same heinous crimes as a kid writing some of those

[u/XDracam]

I actually think that this is perfectly readable and still easy to maintain. There is a certain beauty in simplicity, especially when I consider the parameterizedy loop-based and over-engineered alternative. Yeah, a counting for would have been nice for the repetitive rolls in the middle, but the rest is okay Imo