How could i loop through every OTHER element in a table in Roblox.lua

I am trying to loop through every other element in an table but I cannot find a way to do so.

Any help is appreciated.

Thank you.

It depends what kind of table you're working with. If you have an array-like table, you can use a simple for-loop:

local t = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}

-- start at 1, loop until i > the length of t, increment i by 2 every loop
for i = 1, #t, 2 do
    local val = t[i]
    print(val) -- will print out : 1, 3, 5, 7
end

But if you have a dictionary-like table, you will need something to track which key to skip. You could use a simple boolean to keep track, but be aware that there is no guaranteed order of a dictionary-like table.

local t = {
    a = 1,
    b = 2,
    c = 3,
    d = 4,
}

local shouldPrint = true
for k, v in pairs(t) do
    -- only print the value when it's true
    if shouldPrint then
        print(k, v) -- will probably print    a, 1   and   c, 3
    end

    -- swap shouldPrint's value every loop
    shouldPrint = not shouldPrint
end