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What is a child? Instance:FindFirstChild

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Vibesgus 35
5 years ago

So i just got into scripting and i always see this type of command, but what really is a ''Child''? I can't find any good information that could explain it properly..

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A child is something that is used to get any other objects inside an object. RoccoAttackYT 8 — 5y

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crywink 419 Moderation Voter
5 years ago

Hey,

FindFirstChild() will return the first child of an Instance.

So let's say my file tree looked like this...

Part
    - SurfaceLight

If I ran Part:FindFirstChild("SurfaceLight"), it would return SurfaceLight.

You can also use :FindFirstChild() in if statements to see if something exists or not like so...

if Part:FindFirstChild("SurfaceLight") then
    -- run code
end

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