How could i select an instance using a string?

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#1

I need a script to be able to find an instance only using a string inside a text label or value. How could i do this?
(If i need to, i can add value or other things but the main point)

#2

Can you explain further? Then I could help you. :smile:

#3

Im making a gui to fire control all the events from one gui, and i have a tab template thats cloned into the gui when the game starts. There’s only one script that know what each tab’s remote event is. I do have the events full name in each tab tho if that works. Is there a way to turn a string into a readable instance? Idk if that makes sense

#4

Make a for loop and loop though each UI element, and check its name, then return that instance.

#5

So your saying you have th full name of instances that you need but don’t know how to turn that into actually getting the instances?

#6

use Instance:FindFirstChild(“string”).
looping is unnecessary

#7

I think you could just do this; it’s very self explanatory

local instance  = workspace[textLabel.Text]

OR

local instance = workspace:WaitForChild(textLabel.Text)
#8

The GUI was lookin events and remote events in replicated storage, some were parented in instances inside replicated storage, so im not sure if any of these would have worked. I did get it working and for anyone who might need it, here it is:

	EventOrigin=script.Parent.Parent.EventOrigin.Text
	print(EventOrigin)
	splitorigin=string.split(EventOrigin,".")
	for	i,v in pairs(splitorigin) do
		if i==1 then
			lastorigin=game.ReplicatedStorage
		else
			if lastorigin:FindFirstChild(v)~="ReplicatedStorage" then
				lastorigin=lastorigin:FindFirstChild(v)
			end
		end
	end
	AssignedEvent=lastorigin

I know it’s over complicated but it gets the job done :pray::pray::pray:

#9

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