How to actually use a for loop.

[JgcxCub]

Is it possible to have a for loop repeat a function until a certain condition is reached; for instance, foo = "hello"?

[_nonSENSE]

Use repeat / until or while (condition) do; the for loop is usually used for a fixed amount of iterations, unless you break out of it.

[Izkhanilov]

Actually, I think a [B]while[/B] loop is what you're looking for

[lua]
function funcName()
--func stuff
end

while( condition ) do
funcName()
end
[/lua]

you've gotta think of it in reverse, though... like if you want to run "Hello World" into console 5 times, it would look something like this:

[lua]
local message = "Hello World"
local runs = 0

function prntMsg()
Msg( message )
runs = ( runs + 1 )
end

while( runs < 5 ) do
prntMsg()
end
[/lua]

[_nonSENSE]

That's what I said.

[Wizard of Ass]

[lua]
repeat
i = i + 1
print(i)
until foo == "hello"
[/lua]

Maybe this ?