What statement should I use

[real saddle]

Hello, I'm new to scripting.
I've successfully coded a button that turns red when u click it and green when u click it again.
However, I'm trying to make it so after 7 seconds since the last time the button had been clicked red, it turns green again.
What statement should I use?

[soft surge]

task.wait(7) then change the color back to green

[indigo root]

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[real saddle]

the problem is, if i clicked the button many times, it would count from the first time the button turned red instead of the last time it turned red

I guess I wanna make a timer, everytime the button turns red, it will set a timer until 7 secs before it turns green again.

However if it becomes green before 7 sec, the timer resets.

[soft surge]

One way to solve this is to make a variable that is increased as soon as the button is pressed, and create a new variable that you will compare it to after the 7 seconds to make sure it has not changed.

so if the variable has changed (meaning it was clicked) you will return instead of making it green

something like this

local timesClicked=0
script.Parent.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function()
-- change the color to either red or green as you were doing,
timesClicked+=1
if red then -- replace with proper if statement
local n=timesClicked
task.wait(7)
if timesClicked==n then
-- change the color back to green
end
end
end)

[queen cosmos]

why

i think theres a better way

local lasttimeclicked = nil
...clicked:con(function)
   lasttimeclicked = tick()
 task.wait(7)
if lasttimeclicked - tick > 7 then
print("turning red")
end
end

u could use task.defer

task.delay

or whatever

it all works anyway

[queen cosmos]

this also work

[real saddle]

thank u guys!!