How do I do a wait() / delay() .. (LUA)

Roblox had this thing called "wait()" where you can make a wait before the script moves on, but I noticed that there is no wait() on repl.it, it is set to lua, so i don't know, is there something I can use to delay a code?

Answered by InvisibleOne [earned 5 cycles]

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InvisibleOne

Here

function wait(seconds)
  local start = os.time()
  repeat until os.time() > start + seconds
end

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kittymanandcat

@InvisibleOne
Thank you, and I learned that I can make a working time thing by:
while true do
script.Parent.Text = "The date is: "..os.date()
wait(0.1)
end

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Antelear

you can just..

local wait = require("socket").sleep
wait(1)
print("")

but for some reason it doesn't work for me anymore, so might have to find out why it might not work for you too. but yeah, hope this helps

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RYANTADIPARTHI

Maybe try this:

function sleep(n)
  os.execute("sleep " .. tonumber(n))
end

here's a link for more info:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17987618/how-to-add-a-sleep-or-wait-to-my-lua-script

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kittymanandcat

@RYANTADIPARTHI
I will try it!