Is it possible to call a child using a string variable?

[nimble crater]

Ex:

local var = "X"
var = "Y"

script.Parent.(var).Visible = true

Super simple question but I can't find anything about it online. I'm new to scripting

[visual lion]

There are two ways to index something, the first is just using the . to access any propertys or children, and brackets to do the same thing

script.Parent[var].Visible = true

Or script.Parent["Y"].Visible = true

[nimble crater]

Appreciate it, thanks.

[visual lion]

Same applies to tables

local tbl = {["Silly Do Dad"] = 5}

print(tbl["Silly Do Dad"] -- -> Output: 5

[violet sandal]

Could also use script.parent:FindFirstChild(var) but generally just do as snicka says

[toxic hinge]

@nimble crater using indexing like that also searches through the objects properties

So in the rare case that you're looking for a child with a property name it'll get weird

[visual lion]

This method does a function call which is fine but slightly slower

[violet sandal]

Yea thats why i said he should just do what u said

[violet sandal]

Really? Thats cool. That can be useful, i didnt know that.

[visual lion]

It’s micro optimization but yeah

You’ll save like a tenth of a second so the performance loss is very low