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Pet amount check not working? attempt to compare number and Instance

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RazzyPlayz 497

4 years ago

Hello.

I am currently attempting to make a barrier where you need a specific amount of pets to go through. I thought this would work by making it go through a for loop, however i get the error attempt to compare number and Instance. Not sure what is caused by this, and would like some help. Here's my script:

01local Player = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
02local PetFolder = Player:WaitForChild("Pets")
03 
04local Barrier = workspace:WaitForChild("5 Pets Barrier").Barrier:FindFirstChild("Main Barrier")
05 
06for _, PetAmount in pairs(PetFolder:GetDescendants()) do
07    if PetAmount >= 5 then
08        Barrier.CanCollide = false
09        Barrier.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Lime green")
10    end
11end

I am stuck on this and would like some help. Thanks

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Answered by

R_alatch 394

4 years ago

PetAmount in this case will be the actual pet object. You can't compare an object to a number. To fix this, just do:

1if #PetFolder:GetChildren() >= 5 then
2    Barrier.CanCollide = false
3    Barrier.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Lime green")
4end

#PetFolder:GetChildren() gets the length of the array of pets in the folder.

That worked very well. Thanks! RazzyPlayz 497 — 4y

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