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Descendant of an Instance with Classname "x"?
I'm looking for a function/roblox function that will check if an instance is a descendant of an instance with a classname "x".
I have created the function as such however I do not know if this is the best way for the system...
Confirmation or an alternative would be great.
-- This function assumes that the user deems the Instance's class as irrelevant
local function DescendantOfInstanceWithClass(Instance,Classname)
repeat
wait()
Instance = Instance.Parent
if Instance:IsA(Classname) then
return true
end
until Instance.Parent = game
return false
end
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There is object:FindFirstAncestorOfClass(className) and object:FindFirstAncestorWhichIsA(className) which return the ancestor of class className. Returns nil if no ancestor of that class was found.
local function DescendantOfClass(object, className)
return object:FindFirstAncestorOfClass(className) and true or false
end
print(DescendantOfClass(game:GetService("Players"), "DataModel")) --> true
My function returns true if ancestor was found, false otherwise. I used the Players service and the DataModel (aka game) as a quick example.
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Ahhhhhhhhhh this is exactly what i was looking for i thought there was something wrong with me... it's way too late i guess ahaha thanks for the great answer! Aznarog 54 — 5y