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String.sub script not working?

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I made a script that kills someone if their name is not the same as a model's name (after 2 letters,) however, the script continues to kill everyone, regardless of their name. There are no errors. Here is the script:

script.Parent.Touched:connect(function(hit)
	if not hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
		script.Parent.hit:Play()
		hit:Destroy()
	else
		local nm = hit.Parent.Parent.Name
		local tb = script.Parent.Parent.Name
		if nm ~= string.sub(tb,3) then
		hit.Parent.Humanoid:TakeDamage(100)
		script.Parent.hit:Play()
		wait(1)
	end
	end
end)
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According to the documentation of string.sub:

The call string.sub(s,i,j) extracts a piece of the string s, from the i-th to the j-th character inclusive.

You called it as string.sub(tb,3), which would return a string composed of the third character and everything after it. To get only the third character, you would have to do string.sub(tb, 3, 3).

note: I noticed that you edited it from tb:sub(3) to string.sub(tb, 3). The first way also works.

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