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Changing the parent of a with the path string?
So I have the path string, please note the string, how would I change it's parent? When I mean the path's string:
local x = game.Workspace.Part:GetFullName() -- returns: Workspace.Part
I've already tried methods such as:
game:FindFirstChild(x) -- Although this returns nil.
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As TheLuaUser said, GetFullName is mainly used for debugging purposes only.
Although, there is a way you could potentially get the object referred to by a string returned by the GetFullName. Using string manipulation, you could do something like this:
function findObjectWithAbsolutePath(path)
local obj = game
for match in path:gmatch("%w+") do
local obj = obj:FindFirstChild(match)
if not obj then
return nil
end
end
return obj
end
findObjectWithAbsolutePath(object:GetFullName())
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GetFullName is for print purposes only.
You should do local x = game.Workspace.Part instead.
