Responding nil

[oak phoenix]

so im testing stuff and trying to simply access playerdata (as in the name, Instances such as leaderstat folders, and changing the values in it) and im having problems if you would be so kind as in to help me that be amazing
btw it says name is nil i promise my isnt nil

[jade crater]

because when you load the game the player takes a few moments to load while the script runs imidiatly

[oak phoenix]

do i use wait for child or smt?

[jade crater]

depends what you want to do with the script

[oak phoenix]

so im practicing with basics so i can eventully learn save data like the back of my hand instead of relying on videos

[jade crater]

ah

oh

wait

I see the error actually

playerAdded has a parameter that your not putting in

ur doing

PlayerAdded()

and not

PlayerAdded(Players:GetPlayers)

[reef furnace]

https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/Players#PlayerAdded

[teal lake]

its prob nil

[jade crater]

yea his function is called PlayerAdded tho

[jade crater]

it is because he didnt pass a parameter

[teal lake]

oh yeah thats what i wouldve done

[reef furnace]

Read the documentation link I sent. Also it doesn't matter what a function is named, that doesn't determine it's functionality.

local function WaitForChild(name)
  print(name)
end
WaitForChild("Part") --> This doesn't behave like `Instance:WaitForChild("Part")`

[oak phoenix]

so what does that do if i may ask

[reef furnace]

PlayedAdded is an event of the Players service. It lets you run something when a player joins the game.

-- Get the Players service:
local Players = game:GetService("Players")

-- Connect a callback function to the PlayerAdded event:
Players.PlayedAdded:Connect(function (player)
  -- PlayerAdded automatically pass the player who joined as the first argument
end)

[teal lake]

its a parameter

calculators dont know what numbers your adding without the numbers

[oak phoenix]

so the parameter takes varibles into functions to be recognized?

[teal lake]

yes

[oak phoenix]

ohh

[teal lake]

function add(a , b)
  -- yes i see a and b
  return a + b
end
-- what is a and b
add() -> what the fuck am i adding
add(1,2) -> yes its 3

[oak phoenix]

ahhh i see

[teal lake]

those parameters can only be seen in that function

called a scope

i think

[jade crater]

yea

sorry for not replying I was bus

busy

[oak phoenix]

its fine

i dont know how to make that format but if i do this will it work

function add(a , b)
if a + b == 2 do
print("Correct")
end()

end

[reef furnace]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1287035831822844006/1321666484153356382/tutorial_lua.gif

[jade crater]

only if you call the function with 2 numbers

[oak phoenix]

is this built into discord?

or the sever

[reef furnace]

Discord, its just markdown :P

[oak phoenix]

thats cool!

[jade crater]

yes

it is

[teal lake]

yes colors