Checking If A Child Exists

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#1

How do I check if a child of something exists. A example would be if a script exists under a part and if it does then it does something. I’ve tried stuff like if script.Parent.ClonedScript then … But it just errors. How do I make it NOT error and just check if clonedscript exists?

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#2

You can use something like

local model = workspace.Model
if model:FindFirstChild("Part") then
    print("Part exists")
else
    print("Part does not exist")
end
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#4

Something like this?

if script.Parent:FindFirstChild('ClonedScript') ~= nil then
   -- code
end
#5

Two methods.

for i,v in pairs(Model:GetChildren()) do -- Replace "Model" with the parent's name
     if v then
         return true
     end
end

if Model:FindFirstChild(v) then -- Replace "v" with the child's name
    return false
else
    return true
end
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#6

All of you had great responses and I thank you very much!! :smiley: