Hi, I had a question about this. What is the difference between these two? If they have the same basic function, how come the two was added? Is there a difference between the words "Child" and "Descendant"?
~Thank you for reading, and/or answering.
One Deals With Direct Children and One Deals With Children In Any Form Of Hierarchy.
ChildAdded
only deals with a hierarchy directly under the object while DescendantAdded
deals with a form of child added to the hierarchy.
For example, let's take a look at an example:
workspace.ChildAdded:connect(function(obj) print(obj.Name) end) workspace.DescendantAdded:connect(function(obj) print(obj.Name) end) s = Instance.new("Part") s.Name = "Steve" s.Parent = workspace bob = s:Clone() bob.Name = "Bob" bob.Parent = s
The model structure of this looks like the following:
-Workspace
Bob [Under Workspace]
Steve [ Under Bob]
The following code will print:
Steve
Steve
Bob
The Steve's name is printed twice because it is a direct child of Workspace, thus DescendantAdded
and ChildAdded
both detect it.
However, Bob's name is only printed once from DescendantAdded
and not from ChildAdded
because it's not a direct child but is yet in the hierarchy.
REAL LIFE ANALOGY:
Let's say Family Tracking Company 1 is ChildAdded and Family Tracking Company 2 is DescendantAdded;
If John And Mary Had A Child Named "Steve"[I won't tell you the process of how a child is made]:
Both Company 1 and Company 2 would recognize "Steve" and track him. However, say "Steve" and a girl named "@sera plz" had a baby and the babies name was "DigitalVeer":
Company 1 wouldn't track that baby as it is a 'grandchild' and not a direct child but Company 2 would.
This is just answering your third question.
Let's say you have a BasePart inside of a model, which is inside of game.Workspace
.
-game -Workspace -Model -Part
Workspace
would be a child of game
.
Model
would be a descendant of game
.
Part
would be a descendant of game
.
Part
would be a child of Model
.
Child - An object that's right below the hierarchy of what you're referring to.
Descendant - An object that's ANYWHERE below the hierarchy of what you're referring to.
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