"For i, v in pairs" not working as expected

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#1

So, I have a website gui that checks if the search bar text is the same as a value in a table.

But, when I click the “Go” button on my UI, it prints “Invalid URL”, however, it’s not “invalid”. I know this because when I print the table, it has the URL.

Code:

local pages = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Bg.Pages
local search = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Bg.Bar.Search.SearchBox
local enter = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Bg.Bar.Search.Enter
local validURL = {}



for i, v in pairs(pages:GetChildren()) do -- Adds each page to the table
	table.insert(validURL,v.URL.Value)
	wait(2)
	print(validURL)
end


enter.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()	
	for i, v in pairs(validURL) do
		if search.Text == v then
			print("Valid URL")
		else
			print("Invalid URL") -- URL is in the table (as seen above)
		end
	end
end)

Output (table):
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Please help!

EDIT: it also prints “Invalid URL” if I change it to "if v == search.Text then"

#2

you could use table.find() insteed of search.Text == v

#3

Tried it, same result

character stuff

#4

try
print(“comparing:”, search.Text, v)
just to get a better understanding of what is going on.

If you see two that get compared that look the same, they might be different datatypes.
print(“comparing:”, typeof(search.Text), typeof(v))

#5

You are using a server script, you need to use a localscript for this to work. The server cannot see changes made by the client.

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#6

Would RemoteEvents work?

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#7

I mean you can just change it to localscript unless you want to modify anything on the server.

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#8

if search.Text == v then is the same as if v == search.Text then, the order of operands in a single comparison operation does not matter.

Try printing ‘search.Text’ and ‘v’ when they’re being compared, you may notice an unexpected difference between the two (unintended whitespaces, mispellings etc.).

#9

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#10

That is the typeof output. How about the plain search.Text and v output?

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#11

Oh my god, you freaking genius!

Thank you so much!