Stop a table from inserting twice

Question

I have this script

players={}
function eventNewGame()
        local playerList={}
    for name,tbl in pairs(players) do
        if tbl.wins>most.wins then
            most={name=name,wins=tbl.wins}
        end
    table.insert(log.cheese, "<j><b>"..most.name.."</b> <vp>won the round for gathering <ROSE><b>"..most.wins.." cheese!</b><N>")
end

However, it prints/sends/inserts as many times as people in the room. How could I make it so it inserts only ONE time?

Answer 1

You are missing the closing end of the for loop, which causes the insert line to be inside the loop. You need to add it:

for name,tbl in pairs(players) do
    if tbl.wins>most.wins then
        most={name=name,wins=tbl.wins}
    end
end      -- <---- add this
table.insert(log.cheese, "<j><b>"..most.name.."</b> <vp>won the round for gathering <ROSE><b>"..most.wins.." cheese!</b><N>")

You probably also have an extra end at the end (otherwise your code wouldn't compile), which you will need to remove.