I am making a fighting game and I want to implement combos to do this i am making it so than when u press a input it gets added to a buffer list but i need to check if any item from a combo list contains the combo being inputted.

For example:

if ((any item in list [ v] :: list) contains (down down up up)) then
say [combo sucsesful]
end

you could compile the first X amount of items into a variable, and see if they match.
Say the buffer list contains

List
—–
1 | up
2 | up
3 | down
3 | down

and you want to read this. You can use the first 4 items (for 4 inputs needed) and compile them into a single string “upupdowndown”, and check.

if <(join [list1] [list4]) = [upupdowndown]> then // join the first 4 items of the list, I'm too lazy to write it out
run your special attack
end

I have worded my question wrong the inputs are in one variable but i need to check a entire list to see if anything from that list contains the input

forever
if <key [up] pressed?> then
add [up] to [list v]
end
if <key [down] pressed?> then
add [down] to [list v]
end
if <(list :: list) contains [upupdowndown]> then
say [Combo Successful]
delete (all) of (list :: list)
end
end

The funny thing is your original question actually is pretty close to what you needed

for some reason that code doesn't work for me?

Do you mean like checking if item x contains the string for every item x?
If so try this:

If index overflows, then no items of the list contained that string.

THANKS that worked so well