Selection issues

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#1 
-- Server
remote4.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr,hit,selected)
if selected == "Bullet" then
        for i = 1, 500 do
            print("pew")
            task.wait(0.25)
        end
    elseif selected == "Missile" then
        for i = 1, 20 do
            print("boom")
            task.wait(0.5)
        end
    elseif selected == "Nuke" then
        print("Nuke")
    end

-- Client
local selected = nil
local function selection(button)
    if selected ~= nil then
        selected.Text = string.gsub(selected.Text, " <", "")
    end
    button.Text = (button.Text .. " <")
    selected = button
end

The client just sets selected to whatever the name of the button I click and sends it to the server script
though what happens is that the server completely ignores the whole block of code above. help would be appreciated

#2

By the looks of the selection() function and according to what you said, “…Sets selected to whatever the name of the button I click and sends it to the server script,” your problem may be that you are passing selected (an Instance) as an argument through the RemoteEvent, and not selected.Name.

I believe that if you print an object, the value of its Name property will be outputted in the console. For example, this common snippet:

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
    print("Player joined:", player)
end)

This is probably why you think selected is equivalent to button’s Name.