Here is what I tried.. but it lead me to another question..
while true do
wait(1)
script.Parent.CurrencyFrame.Money.Text = "$".. script.Parent.CurrencyFrame.Money.Amount.Value
end)
I am trying to update the text label to the value of the amount script.Parent.CurrencyFrame.Money.Amount.Value
But also always have a $ sign a front of the number. How would I make it so it formats correctly?
You can just use the Changed event of the Value object. Every time it fires, update the TextLabel text. Simple as that!
local label = script.Parent.CurrencyFrame.Money
local value = label.Amount
value.Changed:connect(function()
label.Text = "$" .. value.Value
end)
Note that we set the variables to the objects themselves, not the properties. If we would have set it to the properties, the variable would become the primitive datatype that the property is and would not reference the property in the object. If you don't know what that means, look at this:
local part = Workspace.Part
part.Name = "Hello"
local a = part.Name
print(a)
--> Hello
part.Name = "Goodbye"
print(a)
--> Hello
print(part.Name)
--> Goodbye
First of all, while loops are generally bad, so let's find your value and use the .Changed event
local money = script.Parent.CurrencyFrame.Money.Amount
next we attach an anonymous function to it like this.
money.Changed:connect(function() end)
between that we can then run any code, in your case set the text
money.Parent.Text = "$"..money.Value
putting this altogether gets you this.
local money = script.Parent.CurrencyFrame.Money.Amount
money.Parent.Text = "$"..money.Value
money.Changed:connect(function()
money.Parent.Text = "$"..money.Value
end)
I wish I could accept two answers, because this one is correct as well.
This is a good answer, Andalf, but for the sake of people seeing this response later, I wouldn't say that while loops are generally bad. In this case it's much more efficient to use an event as you describe, but while loops are not inherently bad.
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This helped me a lot. Thanks!