Task Library
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Along with the update of the Task Library (see also task library documentation), we got a new set of functions for task scheduling, along with a new and improved wait() function, namely task.wait().
This function is the new equivalent of doing RunService.Heartbeat:Wait() which was always considered a better option.
Along with the new Find and Replace window Roblox recently introduced it’s now very easy to convert to this new function by use of a regex operation:
- Fill in in the find bar:
(?<![\S\.])wait\( - Enable regex searching (third icon next to find bar, the dot with the star)
- Fill in the replace bar:
task.wait(
What this does it looks for all occurences of wait( with a couple of additional checks
- It does not catch cases that are preceded by any other non whitespace character (means it won’t alter things like variables or functions which are trailing with
wait( - It does not catch cases that are preceded by a dot (this means it won’t accidently overwrite any occurences of existing
task.wait(
Note: This same method works for all task library functions, for example if you wanted to change the occurences of spawn you would do: (?<![\S\.])spawn\( and task.spawn(.
Links
- https://devforum.roblox.com/t/task-library-now-available/1387845
- https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/lua-docs/task