Hello scripters! I am trying to make a data store for pets, coins, and whatnot. However, when I try to play the game and add gems, the leaderboard does not use abbreviations such as “K”, “M”, or “B”, and gives an error (the one shown in the title). I am using Format Number to do this. Also, I want to make it so that the Coins do not show up on the leaderboard, but the gems do. Any help on this would be appreciated. Thanks!
Script:
local RS = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local SS = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local DSS = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local PlayerData = SS.PlayerData
local Shared = RS.Shared
local FormatNumber = require(Shared.FormatNumber)
local function NewPlayer(Player)
for _, instance in pairs(PlayerData:GetChildren()) do
local cloned = instance:Clone()
cloned.Parent = Player
end
local StatsFolder = Player.Stats
local leaderstats = Player.leaderstats
for _, val in pairs(StatsFolder:GetChildren()) do
leaderstats:FindFirstChild(val.Name).Value = FormatNumber.FormatType(tonumber(val.Value))
val.Changed:Connect(function()
leaderstats:FindFirstChild(val.Name).Value = FormatNumber.FormatType(tonumber(val.Value))
end)
end
end
local function PlayerLeaving(Player)
end
Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(NewPlayer)
Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(PlayerLeaving)
If you need more info, just let me know. Also, anything I try to do for the coins not showing doesnt work. (Almost forgot that the script is not finished yet, but this part needs to be done before the rest will work)
local Suffixes = {"K", "M", "B", "T"}
local function roundToNearest(n: number, to: number)
return math.round(n / to) * to
end
local function formatNotation(n: number)
return string.gsub(string.format("%.1e", n), "+", "")
end
local function formatCommas(n: number)
local str = string.format("%.f", n)
return #str % 3 == 0 and str:reverse():gsub("(%d%d%d)", "%1,"):reverse():sub(2) or str:reverse():gsub("(%d%d%d)", "%1,"):reverse()
end
local function formatSuffix(n: number)
local str = string.format("%.f", math.floor(n))
str = roundToNearest(tonumber(string.sub(str, 1, 12)), 10) .. string.sub(str, 13, #str)
local size = #str
local cutPoint = (size-1) % 3 + 1
local before = string.sub(str, 1, cutPoint) -- (123).4K
local after = string.format("%01.f", string.sub(str, cutPoint + 1, cutPoint + 1)) -- 123.(4)K
local suffix = Suffixes[math.clamp(math.floor((size-1)/3), 1, #Suffixes)] -- 123.4(K)
if not suffix or n > 9.999e44 then
return formatNotation(n)
end
return string.format("%s.%s%s", before, after, suffix)
end
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local API = {}
API.FormatType = {
Notation = "Notation",
Commas = "Commas",
Suffix = "Suffix",
}
local function Convert(n: number, FormatType: string)
n = tonumber(n)
if n < 1e3 or FormatType == nil then
if FormatType == nil then
warn("[FormatNumber]: FormatType wasn't given.")
end
return tostring(n)
end
if FormatType == "Notation" then
return formatNotation(n)
elseif FormatType == "Commas" then
return formatCommas(n)
elseif FormatType == "Suffix" then
return formatSuffix(n)
else
warn("[FormatNumber]: FormatType not found for \"".. FormatType .."\".")
end
end
setmetatable(API, {
__call = function(t, ...)
if t == API then
return Convert(...)
end
end,
})
return API
It’s because API.FormatType is a table, you can’t call a table typically. I think what you meant to do was call setmetatable on API.FormatType, or you meant to call API itself (which was returned from the require call in the script in your op).
Yes, you should be able to just call setmetatable on API.FormatTable, not on API, and check if t == API.FormatTable. Or you could just expose the methods directly instead of wrapping them in a metatable.
it no longer gives the error! however it still does not show the abbreviation on the leaderboard and gives this (if you saw this from the FormatNumber script)
