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Why do you need a string if there are brackets?
im new to scripting and im trying to make a timer. on the last line of this script, there is an error saying Players.Swolcu.PlayerGui.ScreenGui.TextBox.Script:13: bad argument #3 to 'Text' (string expected, got nil)
debounce = true
function b()
if debounce == true then
debouce = false
wait (1)
timeS = (timeS + 1)
end
debounce = true
end
script.Parent.Text = (timeS)
how come there needs to be a string even thought i put brackets
thanks!
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im pretty sure to turn a number into a string you have to use ToString(timeS) dont quote me on that though im not too good with strings Fad99 286 — 4y
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now it's showing the textbox text as "TextBox" and when you click on it you can change it. help? Swolcu 2 — 4y
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There are two problems with your script.
timeS is local to the b function, so outside of that function it will be nil.
You never call the b function anywhere, so the code there never runs.
To create a simple timer like that you can just do something like this:
local timeS = 0
while true do
timeS = timeS + 1
script.Parent.Text = tostring(timeS)
wait(1)
end
If you want other code to run after this, you can wrap it in a spawn
spawn(function()
local timeS = 0
while true do
timeS = timeS + 1
script.Parent.Text = tostring(timeS)
wait(1)
end
end)
-- Other code here
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Thanks! It worked. Swolcu 2 — 4y