Coding Explaination of Why this works and this does not? (Syntax)
So I was doing some bug fixing, and realised this worked:
01 | function Click() |
02 |
03 | script.Parent.Text = "3" |
04 | wait(1) |
05 | script.Parent.Text = "2" |
06 | wait(1) |
07 | script.Parent.Text = "1" |
08 | wait(1) |
09 | script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Character.Torso.CFrame = CFrame.new(game.Workspace.SpawnLocation.Position) |
10 | script.Parent.Text = "Spawn" |
11 | end |
12 |
13 | script.Parent.MouseButton1Down:connect(Click) |
But this did not:
01 | function Click() |
02 | local text = script.Parent.Text |
03 | text = "3" |
04 | wait(1) |
05 | text = "2" |
06 | wait(1) |
07 | text = "1" |
08 | wait(1) |
09 | script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Character.Torso.CFrame = CFrame.new(game.Workspace.SpawnLocation.Position) |
10 | text = "Spawn" |
11 | end |
12 |
13 | script.Parent.MouseButton1Down:connect(Click) |
An explanation would be helpful, thanks :)
1 answer
When you are setting a variable as a property, the variable stores the value of the property, not the property itself. This means you can't directly edit a property that is set as a variable.
Referencing the property directly or referencing the object from a variable and then referencing the property will change the property, but setting a variable as a property will only save the value of the property and will not let you access the property.
If you want to use a variable, you can just make a variable for the object (in your case, script.Parent) and then use the variable name and reference the property from there.
01 | function Click() |
02 | local label = script.Parent |
03 | label.Text = "3" |
04 | wait(1) |
05 | label.Text = "2" |
06 | wait(1) |
07 | label.Text = "1" |
08 | wait(1) |
09 | script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Character.Torso.CFrame = CFrame.new(game.Workspace.SpawnLocation.Position) |
10 | label.Text = "Spawn" |
11 | end |
12 |
13 | script.Parent.MouseButton1Down:connect(Click) |
To further improve your script, you can use a for loop to make the countdown like this:
01 | function Click() |
02 | local label = script.Parent |
03 | for i = 3, 1, -1 do --The variable i will go from 3 to 1 in an increment of -1. |
04 | label.Text = i --Set the text as the variable i. You don't need to use tostring() here as the number is automatically converted into a string here. |
05 | wait(1) --Wait 1 second. |
06 | end |
07 | script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Character.Torso.CFrame = CFrame.new(game.Workspace.SpawnLocation.Position) |
08 | label.Text = "Spawn" |
09 | end |
10 |
11 | script.Parent.MouseButton1Down:connect(Click) |
I hope my answer helped you. If it did, be sure to accept it.
