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How would I use game:GetDescendants() with tables?

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I'm making a anti virus so it deletes everything it finds in workspace with the viruses name, when I make it find one instance with the code below:

for key, virus in pairs(workspace:GetDescendants()) do

    if virus.Name == "Virus" then

        virus:Destroy()

    end

end

It works fine, but when I use tables like this: 

local viruses = {"virus", "virus2"}

for key, virus in pairs(workspace:GetDescendants()) do
	if virus.Name == viruses then
		virus:Destroy()
	end
end

It does not work. Can anybody explain why and give me a fix? Thanks to anyone who replys.

Anonymous

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maybe try getting rid of the "

Anonymous#

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Inside the loop, you would need to loop again through the viruses array to see if any of the children inside match it, for example


local viruses = {"virus", "virus2"}

for i,v in pairs(workspace:GetDescendants()) do
  for j,k in ipairs(viruses) do
    if v.Name == k then
        v:Destroy()
    end
  end
end

Sorry for improper tabbing, im on my phone

AnonymousPermalink

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Thanks! I'll use this.

Anonymous#
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Why would you need to loop through the table? Just use the table.find() method to check if 'v.Name' is inside the table, if it is, then destroy it.

Anonymous#

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