Attempt to index function with 'WaitForChild'

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Hi! I’m trying to make a character creator and I’ve ran into an issue.

When the code runs and I press the other skin colors button, I run into the error in the title.

Here’s the bit of code that causes errors:

local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local char = plr.Character or plr.CharacterAdded:Wait()

local storage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("CharacterCreator")
local skin = storage:WaitForChild("Skin")
local skinFrame = script.Parent.Skin

local skinColorList = {
	[1] = "White",
	[2] = "Asian",
	[3] = "Dark",
	[4] = "Black"
}

local function skin()
	local currentIndex = table.find(skinColorList, skinFrame.Selected.Text)
	if currentIndex == 4 then
		skinFrame.Selected.Text = jobList[1]
	else
		skinFrame.Selected.Text = jobList[currentIndex + 1]
	end
	local newColor = skin:WaitForChild(skinFrame.Selected.Text)
         --The error happens on the line above
	plr.BodyColors:Destroy()
	newColor:Clone().Parent = char
end

My UI is set up like below, where skinFrame is “Skin” and Handler is my script
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I’ve looked up the error on the internet and on the Devforum but I couldn’t find anything useful.

Help is greatly appreciated! :smile:

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This is because the script thinks you’re trying to run the function skin() instead of indexing the variable. Try changing the name of the function.

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This is due to variable overshadowing, you have two variables with the same name defined in a single scope [skin]. So when you try to call skin:WaitForChild, it wrongly references the function instead of the variable.

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Oh, yeah didn’t even notice, haha! Thanks for the help everyone!

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