How to reset the counter and repeat everything over again?

Question

C++ / C#

How to reset the counter and start over?
Now it turns out that when it reaches zero, it constantly repeats the message "You ask too often.".
And I would like to start all over again when it reaches zero. Those. for every third request, display the message "You ask too often.".
Tried through while, but then it just ignores the message and issues all requests.

int counter = 2;
if (counter == 0)
{
    return ("", "", "Вы спрашиваете слишком часто.");
}
counter--;
foreach (Player player in Players)
{
    if (player.Name == str)
    {
       return (number: player.Number, gametime: player.GameTime, error: "");
    }
}
return ("", "", "Не удалось найти.");

Answer 1

If I understand correctly, then yes.

int counter = 2;
if (counter == 0)
{
 counter = 2;
 return ("", "", "Вы спрашиваете слишком часто.");
}

Although there is a vinaigrette in your code, because at

int counter = 2;
if (counter == 0)

if will never be executed at all...