The provided Lua code creates a timer that counts down...
July 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The provided Lua code creates a timer that counts down from 20 seconds and displays a message when the countdown ends. Here's an explanation of what it does:
-
Initialize the timer:
local timer = 20
sets the initial value of the timer to 20 seconds. -
Define the
RunTimer
function:- Inside this function, a
while
loop continuously checks if thetimer
is greater than 0. - The
wait(1)
function pauses the loop for 1 second (presumably from a framework like Roblox wherewait
is defined). - After waiting 1 second, the
timer
variable is decremented by 1 withtimer = timer - 1
.
- Inside this function, a
-
Print the end message:
- Once the
timer
reaches 0, the loop ends, and it prints"The time is over!"
.
- Once the
-
Call the
RunTimer
function: Finally, theRunTimer
function is executed, starting the countdown.
Summary:
This code creates a simple countdown timer starting from 20 seconds, decrementing every second, and prints "The time is over!"
when the countdown reaches 0.
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