Team uniform script, why am I getting a nil error using dictionary?

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Please provide more explanation in your question. If you explain exactly what you are trying to accomplish, it will be much easier to answer your question correctly.

I'm trying to make a team uniformer script, I've not quite got it. I'll add in comments below.

01function RenameTeams() -- This function renames all the teams, as the user-friendly system lets them simply copy the template.
02    for i,v in pairs(script.Parent:GetChildren()) do
03        v.Name = "Team "..i
04    end
05end
06 
07TeamTable = {} -- Where I store teams and uniforms as a dictionary, e.g ["White Shirt"] = 103021030
08 
09function ConfirmTeam(Colour) -- Used to return a colour to the next loop
10    local Found = nil
11    for i,v in ipairs(script:GetChildren()) do
12        if v.Value == Colour then
13            Found = v
14        end
15    end
16    return Found
17end
18 
19for i,v in ipairs(game.Teams:GetTeams()) do -- This function indexes all the teams' uniforms and their colour.
20    table.insert(TeamTable, tostring(v.TeamColor).." Shirt", ConfirmTeam(v.TeamColor)[tostring(v.TeamColor).."Shirt ID"] - 1)
21    table.insert(TeamTable, tostring(v.TeamColor).." Pants", ConfirmTeam(v.TeamColor)[tostring(v.TeamColor).."Pants ID"] - 1) 
22end
23 
24for i,v in ipairs(TeamTable) do
25    print(v)
26end
27 
28 
29game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function (Player)
30    Player.CharacterAdded:connect(function (Character)
31        Player.AppearanceLoaded:connect(function ()
32            Player.Shirt.ShirtTemplate = "rbxassetid://"..TeamTable[Player.TeamColor]
33            Player.Shirt.PantsTemplate = "rbxassetid://"..TeamTable[Player.TeamColor] -- Here, we search the colour from the table and find the uniform, then add it.
34        end)
35    end)
36end)
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I get this error:

Workspace.Script:30: attempt to index a nil value

For reference, line 30 begins on line 20 in the question.

I am very confused what you are *trying* to accomplish on line 20, because that is not how you use table.insert. BlueTaslem 18071 — 8y

Team uniform script, why am I getting a nil error using dictionary?

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