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Help with a unexpected symbol?
I'm trying to make some Guis in a screen gui but I keep getting a error saying
Workspace.Script:6: unexpected symbol near '.'
Why am I getting this error if I am using the correct symbol to access the property?
How would I fix this?
01 | game.Players.PlayerAdded:event(function(Player) |
02 | Parent = Player.PlayerGui.ScreenGui |
03 | function CreateButtons() |
04 | ----------------------Button---------------------- |
05 | local Button = Instance.new("TextButton",Parent) |
06 | local Button.Style = Enum.ButtonStyle.RobloxRoundDropdownButton |
07 | local Button.Size = UDim2.new(0.2, 0,0.14, 0) |
08 | local Button.Text = "PlayerName" |
09 | local Button.Name = "Button" |
10 | local Button.Position = UDim2.new(0.08,0,0.13,0) |
11 | ----------------------ButtonUnderImage---------------------- |
12 | local Buttonunderimage = Instance.new("Frame",Parent) |
13 | local Buttonunderimage.Style = Enum.FrameStyle.DropShadow |
14 | local Buttonunderimage.Size = UDim2.new(0,0,0.13,0) |
15 | local Buttonunderimage.Name = "ButtonUnderImage" |
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Properties of objects aren't variables.
You cannot declare them as local (they don't have any meaningful scope).
Because of the use of local, it didn't "expect" to see a ".", which is what the error is informing you of.
Remove the unnecessary locals on the assignments to properties and it will be fine.
Note: This is a syntax error. Lua didn't even start evaluating your script; that means the hierarchy or whatever other configuration actually isn't relevant (though thank you for providing it in case!)