Calling a function gives weird error

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  2. What is the issue? Include screenshots / videos if possible!
    the error was
    Falcon_SB.Frame.MainLocalScript:523: attempt to call a string value
    Screen Shot 2564-05-23 at 8.37.21 AM|369x58
  3. What solutions have you tried so far? Did you look for solutions on the Developer Hub?
    i tried replacing the function with the code and it worked, but when I use function it gives the error
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function AutoComplete(AutoCompleteSelectionName, AutoCompleteSelectionType)
	local Indent = ""

	if AutoCompleteSelectionType == "Function" then
		Indent = "()"
	end

	Executor.CodeEditor.CodeBox.Text = Executor.CodeEditor.CodeBox.Text:gsub(Executor.CodeEditor.CodeBox.Text:match(Executor.CodeEditor.KeywordValue.Value .. "$"), AutoCompleteSelectionName .. Indent)

	RunService.Heartbeat:Wait()

	Executor.CodeEditor.CodeBox.SelectionStart = -1

	if Indent == "" then
		Executor.CodeEditor.CodeBox.CursorPosition = #Executor.CodeEditor.CodeBox.Text + 1
	else
		Executor.CodeEditor.CodeBox.CursorPosition = #Executor.CodeEditor.CodeBox.Text
	end

	Executor.CodeEditor.KeywordValue.Value = ""
	Executor.CodeEditor.CodeBox.AutoComplete.Visible = false
end

function CreateAutoCompleteSelection(AutoComplete, Type)
	local NewAutoCompleteSelection = AutoCompleteSelection:Clone()
	
	NewAutoCompleteSelection.Name = AutoComplete
	--NewAutoCompleteSelection.TextColor3 = Falcon_SB:GetAttribute(Type .. "Color3")
	NewAutoCompleteSelection.Text = "       " .. AutoComplete
	NewAutoCompleteSelection.ImageLabel.Image = Falcon_SB:GetAttribute(Type .. "Image")
	NewAutoCompleteSelection:SetAttribute("Type", Type)
	
	NewAutoCompleteSelection.Parent = Executor.CodeEditor.CodeBox.AutoComplete
	
	NewAutoCompleteSelection.Activated:Connect(function()
		AutoComplete(NewAutoCompleteSelection.Name, NewAutoCompleteSelection:GetAttribute("Type")) --This is the line that error
	end)
	
	NewAutoCompleteSelection.Visible = true
end

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could you tell me what line 532 is?

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AutoComplete(NewAutoCompleteSelection.Name, NewAutoCompleteSelection:GetAttribute(“Type”))

tat was line 532, the line that error

6

he withdrawn the post everything is fine

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I kept getting this weird error, even when I change the parameters to object value, still get this error

8

Can’t you just reference it as an Instance…? You seem to have added a dot inbetween AutoCompleteSelection & Name

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I tried reference it as instance and still got the same error

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Can you show us where you call CreateAutoCompleteSelection

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sure

spawn(function()
    for Index, AutoComplete in pairs(Keyword_AutoComplete) do
    	CreateAutoCompleteSelection(AutoComplete, "Keyword")
	end

    for Index, AutoComplete in pairs(Function_AutoComplete) do
	    CreateAutoCompleteSelection(AutoComplete, "Function")
    end

	for Index, AutoComplete in pairs(BuiltIn_AutoComplete) do
    	CreateAutoCompleteSelection(AutoComplete, "BuiltIn")
    end

    AutoCompleteSelectionList = Executor.CodeEditor.CodeBox.AutoComplete:GetChildren()
end)
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hm very interesting everything seems to be fine

what do get if you put print statements

NewAutoCompleteSelection.Activated:Connect(function()
    print(AutoComplete) -- what does this print?
	AutoComplete(NewAutoCompleteSelection.Name, NewAutoCompleteSelection:GetAttribute("Type")) --This is the line that error
end)

Also can we see more of the error

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it printed ‘repeat’ when I click on repeat
and print ‘newproxy’ when I click on newproxy
basically It prints the text of the button I clicked

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okay I know what’s happening, it’s not firing the function called AutoComplete, because there is a variable called autocomplete so it’s trying to “fire” that

when you say AutoComplete(), it think you are refering to the variable passed to the Create function, not the “AutoComplete” function

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I renamed the function AutoComplete to FillAutoComplete()
it works! tysm!!! :hearts:

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Oh this is why

You’re attempting to pass a parameter as a function, assuming that it’s a string value

You have to change your CreateAutoCompleteSelection function’s parameters to something else, maybe just:

function CreateAutoCompleteSelection(AutoCompleteName, Type)
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the issue is solved, also I did change and still same error, thanks anyway :smiley:

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that makes a lot more sense now

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