{Help} prevent a value from repeating

Syraxes_

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Hello!

Well in context I am trying to create a system that collects the names of the most wanted players. However the 'posters' are in different places so they will be repeated.

So an example of my code:

for _,v in pairs(game.Workspace.WantedPosters:GetDescendants()) do
	if v:IsA('TextLabel') and v.Name == 'Wanted' then
       print(v.Text)
	end
end

Console:

Implayer1

Implayer5

Implayer3

Implayer1

So, how can I prevent Implayer1 from repeating and only returning once? I would appreciate your help, Thanks!

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you COULD make a table of those who where printed and check if they have been printed

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Syraxes_

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@crazy_cat

I tried but I'm stupid using tables and the code doesn't work :(

However, I will try it once again.

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@Syraxes_ wait, i have a function for searching tables for value and adding stuff to tables somewhere. once i find it i will reply

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@Syraxes_ Make a table and add everything then check if the name already exists with

table.find()

and if it exists then do

table.remove()

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@_realnickk too much spoonfeed he says >:[

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Syraxes_

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Thanks You!

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make a table, like this

local t = {}
t[object.Text] = true

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