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if game.Players:FindFirstChild(players[i].Name) == nil then?
Why doesn't this work?
local players = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.PlayerNames:GetChildren()
local AllPlayersTeleported = false
local NumberOfPlayersTeleported = 0
for i = 1, #players do
if game.Players:FindFirstChild(players[i].Name) == nil then
NumberOfPlayersTeleported = NumberOfPlayersTeleported + 1
table.remove(players, i)
end
end
Basically this line of code:
if game.Players:FindFirstChild(players[i].Name) == nil then
Which doesn't make sense because it returns the error that it is trying to index a nil value. I thought it's supposed to index a new value right? so why does the script break instead of return a nil value?
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You forgot an end User#20388 0 — 6y
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local players = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.PlayerNames:GetChildren() what does that mean? Did you put string values in there or is it players or???? User#20388 0 — 6y
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Yes i have values of names "String values" AnAnonymousDeveloper 77 — 6y
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Is this your error message? "Argument 1 missing or nil" Then this, `game.Players:FindFirstChild(nil)` is happening. Do what cabbler wrote. MooMooThalahlah 421 — 6y
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And change the if statement to `if players[i].Name == nil then` MooMooThalahlah 421 — 6y
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Common problem actually: table.remove shifts around the array values, so your for-loop becomes inaccurate. Say for two players: index 1 should work, but removal replaces value1 with value2. Index 2 is unexpectedly nil.
There are at least 4 solution to this but I reccomend the easy Lua one: avoid table.remove. It's a slow function anyway.
NumberOfPlayersTeleported = NumberOfPlayersTeleported + 1 players[i] = nil