#Need help where to start

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wind bluff
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Bruhhh

vale crater
# wind bluff Ok let me restart, I want to learn how to script, basicly I have learning disabi...

Just follow some basic steps:

step 1: learn the syntax (stuff like if, while, for, etc.)
step 2: learn basic operators ( +, -, add in some comparisons and such)
step 3: learn functions
step 4: learn the basic terminology (vars, args, etc.)

step 5: learn how to read the roblox api reference documents (also known as the roblox docs)
step 6: make something that challenges your abilities
step 7: make that something work (so debug it if necessary)
step 8: repeat step 6-8

literature:

API reference
Lua manual
youtube (no link needed)
google (no link needed) (look for dev forum posts, there are a few different forums full of folks with the same problems that you may face in the future, but also full of other folks with potential answers to these problems(

Roblox Engine API Reference | Documentation - Roblox Creator Hub

This API Reference documents all of Roblox's classes, data types, enumerations, functions, events, callbacks, and properties.

wind bluff
vale crater
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first of all, pairs is useless in luau due to how arrays are handled in luau compared to lua.
Second of all, that's apart of the syntax