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Why do i get a nil in return if the variable is global?

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monkeeyoz 2
6 years ago

I get an error about lol being nil, at line "print(lol)", i think im not understanding the flow of code that includes the player added and removed functions. Also the script can't be local.

Players = game:GetService("Players")

game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(player)

lol = 3

end)

game.Players.PlayerRemoving:connect(function(player)

print(lol)

end)

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It's null because its only global in your scope { }. If you want it to be global throughout your script then place it outside of that function. Impacthills 223 — 6y
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it's nullified because you already ended the script right there when you put an "end)" Astralyst 389 — 6y

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Answered by
RiskoZoSlovenska 378 Moderation Voter
6 years ago
Edited 6 years ago

I think this will help your problem:

local lol = "EmptyString"
Players = game:GetService("Players") --This could also be 'game.Players'

game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(player)
    lol = "3"
end)

game.Players.PlayerRemoving:connect(function(player)
    print(lol)
end)

Perhaps even thou you didn't make the 'lol' variable local in the PlayerAdded function, it probably still made usable only within that function.

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The only difference between local functions/variables and global functions/variables is that a global functions/variable can be referenced before it is assigned, so this is correct:

local lol = "lol"
print(lol)

This is correct too:

print(lol)
lol = "lol"

but this is not:

print(lol)
local lol = "lol"

So yeah, hope this fixes your problem :D

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