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When do you store a property as a variable? [closed]

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User#19524 175
5 years ago

When answering, if your answer does not fully solve the question, it should be written as a comment to the question instead of as an answer.

I see lots of code like this:

local text = script.Parent.Text

text = 'hi how ru'

What they are doing is assigning the text variable the current Text of the label/button/box.

They write that code thinking the text will change. But they are wrong. They are just reassigning the text variable.

To fix this:

local text = script.Parent

text.Text = 'hi how ru'

The above code will change the text because of the .Text added.

Just to clear things up. Don’t assign a variable a property that is not an object. For example: local part = script.Parent

That line would be okay since it is referring to an object, the Parent.

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^ Amiaa16 3227 — 5y
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I had to figure this out myself through trial and error when I started coding. Was frustrating lol TiredMelon 405 — 5y
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lol same^ don’t want new scripters following in our footsteps User#19524 175 — 5y
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Another up-vote ^ TheSkyofIndia 150 — 5y

Closed as Not Constructive by Avigant and User#5423

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