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So I have two values:

banned_ic = {1,3,5,10,13,17,22,24}
ic = 0

Every time I press SPACE or ENTER, the ic adds itself by 1:
ic = ic + 1

However, if I press SPACE or ENTER and the ic is already at one of the banned ic values, it's not supposed to add itself. How would I make something like this?

You actually have two variables, and you have 9 values in total.

In any case, there's two solutions:
- Not modifying what you have now, write a loop checking whether ic + 1 is in the table, and not incrementing it if it is.
- Modifying the banned_ic table a tiny bit, namely swapping the keys and the values... let me elaborate this one with code: The above way is faster than if you needed to iterate over the whole table:

I hate to say this, but neither of those work.

The faster version never lets me continue the dialog with SPACE or ENTER.

And the slower version always lets me continue the dialog with SPACE or ENTER, even if the ic value is banned.

EDIT: Normally, it'd be fine if the slower version was bugged. However, some players looking for glitches might discover that you're allowed to continue the dialog even if the ic value is banned.

Can you post your code with either or both of the approaches zorg wrote about?

UPDATE: So I used a really cheap method and it somehow works?

Method:
if ic ~= 1 and ic ~= 3 and ic ~= 5 and ic ~= 10 and ic ~= 13 and ic ~= 17 and ic ~= 22 and ic ~= 24 then
ic = ic + 1
end

The weird thing: I've used this method before it suddenly broke. Now I retype it, and it works just fine? I have no idea.

Actually, the only issue i can see with my code is that they should check ic, not ic+1, since you did write that it should not add itself if the ic is already at one of the banned values; i misread that.

Yup zorg's solution looks like the best way to handle this.