HELP ! about Controls

[justatest]

while i use pad:up down left right , i hope to get the 'one press , and just move one time ' ,
but now while i press a direction button , it do all thelogic things in the scope looply, what should i do ? help !!!! much appreciate !

my code is like this :

if pad ~= oldPad then
if pad:left() then
........
end
oldpad = pad
end

[Bob535]

if pad ~= oldPad then
if pad:left() then
........
end
oldpad = pad
end

Need to change the oldpad = pad to oldPad = pad, captialization is important.

[justatest]

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thx . >_<......