Attempt to index nil with "Name"

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#1

I am trying to make a part spawn on a random spawner by using OOP and Modules. Problem is though when I try to get the random spawners it keeps returning as nil. Even though I picked a random spawner. Here is the module

local SpawnModule = {}
--//This module handles random spanwer and gets spawners\\--
function SpawnModule.SetTable(table1)
	for index,value in pairs(game.Workspace.Spawns:GetChildren()) do
		table.insert(table1,value)
	end
end

function SpawnModule.ChoseRandomSpawn(table1)
	local Spawn = math.random(1,#table1)
	--local picked_value = table1[Spawn]
	--print(picked_value.Name)
end

return SpawnModule

MainScript

--local Object = require(script.Parent.Parent.Modules.ObjectModule)
local SpawnModule = require(script.Parent.Parent.Modules.SpawnModule)

local objects = {}

local part = game.ServerStorage:FindFirstChild("Part")
SpawnModule.SetTable(objects)
local spawner = SpawnModule.ChoseRandomSpawn(objects)
local picked_value = objects[spawner]
print(picked_value.Name)


--newobject = Object.new(randomSpawn.Position,part)
#2

You never return or do anything with the commented out picked_value in the module.

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#3

Thank you for the help. Sorry it took me a while I was in school. So basiclly if you are going to use the object or value in another script you need to return it?

#4

It’s not about being in another script, it’s just how functions work. You have your input and output. You give input by calling a function like functionName(input, goes, here) and your output by returning values from the function.

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