Datastores Table Error? (invalid argument #3 (string expected, got nil)

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#1

Hi there, I’ve got this error in the output and I’m not so sure what it means (I haven’t used tables prior to this so I’m pretty unaware)

Output:
Output2 The Error

Output1 Says its “Saved” and shows it

Script:
(Player joined)

local function PlayerJoined(Player) -- leaderstats
	print(Player)
	local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder",Player)
	leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
	local gold = Instance.new("NumberValue",leaderstats)
	gold.Name = "Gold"
	local playerArmors = Instance.new("Folder",Player)
	playerArmors.Name = "Armors"
	local equipped = Instance.new("StringValue",playerArmors)
	equipped.Name = "Equipped"

	local data
	local success, errormessage = pcall(function()
		data = DS:GetAsync(Player.UserId)
	end)

	if success and data ~= nil then
		gold.Value = data[1]

		--equipped.Value = data[2] **(Where i get the error)**

for _, armor in pairs(data) do
			local ownedArmor = Instance.new("StringValue",playerArmors)
			ownedArmor.Name = armor
		end
		warn("Data loaded for ".." "..Player.Name)
	else 
		gold.Value = 10
		local starterArmor = Instance.new("StringValue",playerArmors)
		starterArmor.Name = "Wood"
		starterArmor.Value = "Wood"
		equipped.Value = starterArmor.Value
		warn("New player joined!")
	end 
	Player.CharacterAdded:Connect(onCharacterAdded)
end

(Saving data)
local function PlayerLeft(Player)
	local saved = {}

	table.insert(saved, Player.leaderstats.Gold.Value)
	table.insert(saved, Player.Armors.Equipped.Value)
	for _, armor in pairs(Player.Armors:GetChildren())do
		if armor:IsA("StringValue") and armor.Name ~= "Equipped" then
			table.insert(saved, armor)
		end
	end

	local success, errormessage = pcall(function()
		DS:SetAsync(Player.UserId, game:GetService("HttpService"):JSONEncode(saved))
	end)

	if success then
		warn("Data saved for ".." "..Player.Name)
		print(saved)
	else
		warn("Error while saving data for ".." "..Player.Name.." "..errormessage)
	end
end

Thanks,

#2

You’re encoding the saved table into a JSON string with JSONEncode I don’t know what you’re trying to do but did you forget to decode it back to a table? which is why data[2] is nil

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