+= not working! ')' expected near '='

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 16:22:17 UTC

in my code I have a variable named "times" and I am trying to add one to that variable
I do so with:

times+=1

however it throws this strange error

syntax error line 12 (tab 2)
times+=1
')' expected near '='

my whole code is this:

function move_x(x,obj,flag)
    local times=0
    local my_x=obj.x
    repeat
        my_x+=x/abs(x)
     if (collide(obj,flag))
     then
        times=abs(x)-1
     end
     times+=1
    until (times = abs(x))
end

plz help!

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+= not working! ')' expected near '='