Cant get player character

[tz_ow (immune)]

Hi, I’m trying to get the player’s character so I can check for some factors. However, I can’t seem to get the player’s character despite the argument being valid; in which plr contains the player’s name (mine in this context). What is the issue?

ServerScript:

local function Checker(plr)
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if plr then
		local player = game.Players:FindFirstChild(tostring(plr))
		local character = player:WaitForChild("Character") -- Infinite yield possible on 'Players.tz_ow:WaitForChild("Character")' 
		if character then
			if character:FindFirstChild("Tray") then
				Count = Count + #character:FindFirstChild("Tray").Foods:GetChildren()
			else
			end
		end
	end

ServerScript2:

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RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
	task.wait(PetStats.pickupspeed)
	local value = CheckIfAvailable:Invoke(Player)
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[kndn_v (kanden)]

Character is not a child of Player, it’s actually a property that points to the player’s character within the workspace.

repeat
     task.wait()
until player.Character

This snippet waits until the character actually exists.

[tz_ow (immune)]

thank you, much appreciated. this was it