For loop help

i want to create a for loop that loops a userdifined amount of times and I am having trouble with it.

what i have so far is(im only going to post the relevant part of the code btw)

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ntimes = read()
for i = 1, #ntimes do
  what i want it to do
end

srry i know it seems basic but when i input 10 it only pulses twice instead of 10 times

Remove the # in front of ntimes
# means 'length' or if used on a table 'number of items'

Edit: Actually you will need to replace #ntimes with tonumber(ntimes)
read() gives strings, you need to convert it to a number

woops lol
tyvm for the very quick response