Gsub not working

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Hello! So im making this text command thing for my game. The issue is, the text command wont hide. I’ve been stuck on this for hours
my function

local function ProcessTextCommand()
    for i, v in pairs(txt_cmds) do

        
        if timer.Value:match(v.cmd) then
          
            
            v.action()
            displayed_timer = string.gsub(timer.Value ,v.cmd, "")
            elseif timer.Value:match("rgb") then --- color
                local arguments = timer.Value:split('/')
                local color = arguments[2]
                color = color:split(":")[1]
                local full_cmd = string.format(":color-rgb/%s:", color)
                print("full cmd: " .. full_cmd, "full string: " .. timer.Value)
                selected_color = color
                v.action()
                print(string.match(timer.Value, full_cmd))
                displayed_timer =  timer.Value:gsub(full_cmd, "") -- issue here
            else -- not found
            displayed_timer = timer.Value
            v.not_found()
        end
    end
  
end

my txt_cmds thing:

local txt_cmds = {
    ["rotate"] = {
        ["cmd"] = ":rotate:",
        ["not_found"] = RotateNotFound,
        ["action"] = RotateAction
    },
    ["rgb_color"] = {
        ["cmd"] = ":color-rgb/:",
        ["not_found"] = RgbNotFound,
        ["action"] = RgbColor
    }
}

my full script, plz help

--variables--
local selected_color = nil
local players = game:GetService("Players")
local tween_service = game:GetService("TweenService")
local displayed_timer = nil
local player = players.LocalPlayer
local is_playing = false
local round_assets = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("Assets"):WaitForChild("RoundAssets")
local values = round_assets:WaitForChild("Values")
local top = values:WaitForChild("Top")
local timer:StringValue = values:WaitForChild("Timer")
local top_ui = script.Parent.Top
local rotate_increment = 7.5
local timer_ui = script.Parent.Timer

-- tweens ---
local info = TweenInfo.new(0.5, Enum.EasingStyle.Quad, Enum.EasingDirection.Out, 0, false, 0)
local rotate_goals = {
    Rotation = -rotate_increment
}
local rotate_command_tween = tween_service:Create(timer_ui, info, rotate_goals)
local rotate_command_tween_reverse = tween_service:Create(timer_ui, info, {Rotation=rotate_increment})
local function RotateAction()
    if not is_playing then
        is_playing = true
        rotate_command_tween:Play()
        rotate_command_tween.Completed:Connect(function(playbackState)
            if playbackState ~= Enum.PlaybackState.Cancelled then
             
                rotate_command_tween_reverse:Play()
                rotate_command_tween_reverse.Completed:Connect(function(state)
                    if state ~= Enum.PlaybackState.Cancelled then
                        rotate_command_tween:Play()
                    end
                  
                end)
            end
end)
end
end
local function RotateNotFound()
    is_playing = false
    rotate_command_tween:Cancel()
    rotate_command_tween_reverse:Cancel()
    timer_ui.Rotation = 0
end
local function RgbColor()
    timer_ui.TextColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(selected_color)
end
local function RgbNotFound()
    timer_ui.TextColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)
end

local txt_cmds = {
    ["rotate"] = {
        ["cmd"] = ":rotate:",
        ["not_found"] = RotateNotFound,
        ["action"] = RotateAction
    },
    ["rgb_color"] = {
        ["cmd"] = ":color-rgb/:",
        ["not_found"] = RgbNotFound,
        ["action"] = RgbColor
    }
}
---functions---
local function ProcessTextCommand()
    for i, v in pairs(txt_cmds) do

        
        if timer.Value:match(v.cmd) then
          
            
            v.action()
            displayed_timer = string.gsub(timer.Value ,v.cmd, "")
            elseif timer.Value:match("rgb") then --- color
                local arguments = timer.Value:split('/')
                local color = arguments[2]
                color = color:split(":")[1]
                local full_cmd = string.format(":color-rgb/%s:", color)
                print("full cmd: " .. full_cmd, "full string: " .. timer.Value)
                selected_color = color
                v.action()
                print(string.match(timer.Value, full_cmd))
                displayed_timer =  timer.Value:gsub(full_cmd, "") -- issue here
            else -- not found
            displayed_timer = timer.Value
            v.not_found()
        end
    end
  
end
--- top

top_ui.Text = top.Value
top.Changed:Connect(function(property)
    top_ui.Text = top.Value
end)
-- timer
ProcessTextCommand()
timer_ui.Text = displayed_timer
timer.Changed:Connect(function(property)
    ProcessTextCommand()
    timer_ui.Text = displayed_timer
end)

any help is appreciated. Thanks!

2

Could you list some sussy lines that you think are affecting this?

Edit found it.

3

Because, gsub has a third argument, you should watch out for that

4

He’s calling gsub() with the colon operator as an instance method on a string object, hence only two arguments are required.

5

Make sure the values you’re operating on are all string values/number values such that type conflicts don’t occur.

6

it executes the command, just doesn’t make the string disappear. Thats the issue