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!
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
Thanks! It worked.
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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
now it's showing the textbox text as "TextBox" and when you click on it you can change it. help?