Cannot find child in object

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1

I am still trying to figure out how to find unknown child in a object. Problem with this thing is it won’t even run. Here is the script. I have been trying to figure this problem out for hours now and I cannot seem to fix it.

local toolFound 
local chosen_spawner


for _,spawners in pairs(game.Workspace.Spawners:GetChildren()) do
	if string.find(spawners.Name,"toolSpawner") then
		toolSpawners = spawners
		for i,v in pairs(toolSpawners:GetChildren()) do
			if v:IsA("Tool") then
				tool = v
				chosen_spawner = v.Parent
				print("Yes")
				toolFound = true
				print(chosen_spawner)
			end
		end
	elseif not tool then
		print("No tool")
	end
end
2
  1. Any errors?
  2. Is anything printing?
  3. Is this script somewhere that it can run like ServerScriptService, workspace, etc?
  4. Is it a local script or server script?
3

It is a module script. I think the error is the “string.find” line. I tested it last night and that is what it seems like that is the thing that is stopping everything

4 
for _,spawners in pairs(game.Workspace.Spawners:GetChildren()) do
	if spawners.Name == "toolSpawner" then
		toolSpawners = spawners
		for i,v in pairs(toolSpawners:GetChildren()) do
			if v:IsA("Tool") then
				tool = v
				chosen_spawner = v.Parent
				print("Yes")
				toolFound = true
				print(chosen_spawner)
			end
		end
	elseif not tool then
		print("No tool")
	end
end
5

Module scripts don’t run without external execution from a local script or script. Since the code is written out in the module script, simply requiring it will run it which means it’ll run everytime a script requires it. Keep that in mind. You can run your module script code by using:

local moduleScript -- set to the path of the module script
require (moduleScript) -- this will execute the script

NOTE: How the script executes (locally or in the server) depends on whether you use a localScript or a serverScript, respectively.

6

The issue could also be because you didn’t say what after “then” , like an else statement, for example

		if spawners.Name == "toolSpawner" then
			toolSpawners = spawners
			for i,v in pairs(toolSpawners:GetChildren()) do
				if v:IsA("Tool") then
					tool = v
					chosen_spawner = v.Parent
					print("Yes")
					toolFound = true
					print(chosen_spawner)
					else
					print("no tool")
				end
			end
		end
	end