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How do I insert a key and value into a dictionary while the game's running?
table[#table+1] = player.Name.."="..ds:GetAsync(player.userId) or 0 --attempt to concatenate a nil value
I know it's erroring because I'm inserting a string and a number obviously which doesn't make sense for a normal table. I want to create a key and value inside of a dictionary..
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http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=Table.insert#table.insert That should help Dominical 215 — 8y
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The problem here is precedence.
or is the lowest precedence, meaning the expression is interpreted as
( player.Name .. "=" .. ds:GetAsync(player.userId) ) or 0
You just need explicit parenthesis:
player.Name .. "=" .. (ds:GetAsync(player.userId) or 0)
The error should have hinted this -- it said you're concatenating nil. Concatenating is the .. operator; the only thing near a .. that could be nil is ds:GetAsync.
Aside: This isn't a dictionary. This is a list.
You should consider using table.insert instead of tab[#tab]. You also really shouldn't use the variable name table, because it will cover up the table library and maybe mess you up later.
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Wow thank you, although I have re-done the layout of what I'm scripting, (although small) this has taught me something more about scripting. (The position of the parenthesis) <3 magiccube3 115 — 8y