How do I use variables in findfirstchild()?
I need to find the child of workspace whose name is equal to the string stored in the variable. The problem is when I try to use a variable in findfirstchild, it says the variable is a nil value. This is what I tried:
thisbrick = script.Parent game.Workspace:FindFirstChild(thisbrick).Transparency = 0.5
In the output it says thisbrick is a nil value.
Yes, I know I could just say script.Parent.Transparency = 0.5, but this is just an example as I need to apply this to a much larger script where doing so wouldn't work, and I decided to just write it on it's own to save your time. If there is an easier way to do this without using findfirstchild please let me know. Thanks!
2 answers
Hi Faazo,
The problem is that you're using an Instance in :FindFirstChild()'s parameter rather than a string. Try getting the name of the script.Parent and put that in :FindFirstChild(). For example:
local thisbrick = script.Parent; local brc = workspace:FindFirstChild(thisbrick.Name); -- Also, the cool thing is that :FindFirstChild() has a second optional parameter, which allows you to choose if it should look through the descendants of everything in workspace. So, if it's hidden somewhere, :FindFirstChild() would still find it as long as it's under workspace.
Well, I hope I helped and have a wonderful day/night.
Thanks,
Best regards,
~~ KingLoneCat
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The problem in your script is that you're trying to use object in FindFirstChild, not a string which you are supposed to. In your case simple fix would be to just add .Name to FindFirstChild argument
So your script would be:
thisbrick = script.Parent game.Workspace:FindFirstChild(thisbrick.Name).Transparency = 0.5
Also just in case if you were using a local script, it won't execute in workspace so you should use a server script instead.
oops, sorry I was too slow