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Why doesn't TextBounds.X not work?
This is supposed to check if the current X TextBounds is bigger, and if it's bigger, it should change the variable to the new X TextBounds. However this isn't changing the value. I'll show you why below.
1 | --NewMessage is a ScrollingFrame and Content is a TextLabel. |
2 | local X = 0 |
3 | if X < newMessage.Content.TextBounds.X then |
4 | print('Fixing.. X is ' .. X .. ' and will be ' .. newMessage.Content.TextBounds.X) |
5 | local X = newMessage.Content.TextBounds.X |
6 | end |
7 | print('X = ',X) |
OUTPUT
Fixing.. X is 0 and will be 161
X = 0
Why is the value not changing to 161? Is it something simple that I kept forgetting? Thanks! :)
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When updating a value, do not put localbefore it as this will create a new local variable for everything within that section, leaving the previously defined X's value as it is. This is a simple fix, just remove the local on line 5. Your code will then be this:
1 | --NewMessage is a ScrollingFrame and Content is a TextLabel. |
2 | local X = 0 |
3 | if X < newMessage.Content.TextBounds.X then |
4 | print('Fixing.. X is ' .. X .. ' and will be ' .. newMessage.Content.TextBounds.X) |
5 | X = newMessage.Content.TextBounds.X |
6 | end |
7 | print('X = ',X) |
The output should then be:
Fixing.. X is 0 and will be 161
X = 161