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How do I use Script.Source properly??

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4 years ago

I'm creating a Plugin for roblox studio that writes a simple script and puts it in ServerScriptStorage. However, I'm having trouble getting it to work the way I want it too. This is what I have so far...

1Script.Source = [====[ local ["game.Workspce.Part.Name"] = game.Workspace.Part
2    print("Done")
3    ]====]

and when I use the plugin the output in ServerScriptStorage is this...

`1`	`local` `["game.Workspace.Part.Name"]` `=` `game.Workspace.Part`

`2`	`print("Done")`

but I want ["game.Workspace.Part.Name"] to be the acually name of the part like this...

`1`	`local` `PartName` `=` `game.Workspace.Part`

`2`	`print("Done")`

Is there a way I can make ["game.Workspace.Part.Name"] not be read as a string?

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exxtremestuffs 380

4 years ago

I wouldn't recommend doing this, because dynamically naming variables like this can easily cause problems, however you could do this using getfenv() like so:

`1`	`getfenv()[workspace.Part.Name]` `=` `workspace.Part`

`2`	`print(Part)` `--> Part`

which would define a variable within the function environment that has the same name as the part (in this case, 'Part')

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Thanks a ton, very helpful! ElectricZooo 55 — 4y

Hmm, actually this doesn't do exactly what I want to do, but I still learned something :) ElectricZooo 55 — 4y

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