How can I silence this :findfirstchild error?

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#1 
if PLR:FindFirstChild("CanFightBoss").Value == true then --errors when value doesn't exist
	
else
	
end

Sure I can replace it with

if PLR:FindFirstChild("CanFightBoss") then 
	if PLR["CanFightBoss"].Value == true then

        end
else
	
end

But can I shorten it somehow? Or wrap it in something so that the error is dealt with rather than spamming if statements to check if everything leading up to it is okay?

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#2

Have you tried :WaitForChild instead of :FindFirstChild?

#3

Maybe try using a pcall to stop the error:

pcall(function()
     -- code here
end)
#4

If you want it to wait for it to exist, use :WaitForChild as @JackIsOP2006 , but if at some point, the value is not in the player and you don’t want to wait for it, you coudl do this

local boss = PLR:FindFirstChild("CanFightBoss")

if boss and boss.Value then 
	
elseif not boss
	
end

Check if the value exists and if it does and its value is true, continue, otherwise check if boss doesn’t eixst

#5

You mean something like this?
Sorry on mobile rn

local object = PLR:FindFirstChild(“CanFightBoss”)

if object then
    if object.Value == true then
        —- etc
    end
end

I think this works too idk?

local object = PLR:FindFirstChild(“CanFightBoss”)

if object and object.Value == true then
    —- etc
end