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Why can't I check my gui's position by script?

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if script.Parent.Position == {0,0},{0.1,0} then...

However, I get an error.

Players.Player.PlayerGui.Menu.Background.MickeyMouse.MickeyMouse.Script:3: 'then' expected near ','

I did not give you the full script, the code above is line 3 which is where the error originates from and I am suspecting that it has to do with the way it's written which is probably where the error is made. Please help me, thanks.

Also one more thing, is there a way to have everything running in one script? For instance, everything running at the same time in one script or does it need to be in separate scripts for everything to run at the same time?

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script.Parent.Position is a UDim2 value.

{0, 0}, {0.1, 0} are two table values.

Two tables values are not a UDim2.

To make a UDim2, use UDim2.new(0, 0, 0.1, 0); you would compare to that instead.

However, you probably shouldn't check the GUI's position. Instead, look at the state that controls where the GUI is (is it Visible, is there some "mode" that you can keep track of?)

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UDim2 is how GUIs display their positions. You would check it like this:


if script.Parent.Position == UDim2.new{0,0,0.1,0} then
--code
end

For the multiple codes in one script, use threads. For that, you'll have to review coroutines on the roblox wiki.

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