How do I get the children of a part thats in a folder, if all parts have a different name?

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#1

Basically I have a folder and inside of the folder are parts with different names, in each part they have a boolvalue, how can I use GetChildren()(Im trying to get the bool value in each part) if all of the parts have different names?

I got stuck in here:

local Button = script.Parent.Parent
local PP = script.Parent -- proximityprompt
local Blocks = game.Workspace.Blocks

for index, Campfire in pairs(Blocks:GetChildren()) do -- how do I ask for the children inside of "Blocks" if they all have different names?
	if Campfire.Boolvalue.Value == true then
		-- code here
	end
end

blocks

#2

You’re very close. If you’re referring to getting each block with a different name, you’ve already done so.

The problem is on your second line in the key/value pairs:

“Boolvalue” doesn’t exist. It’s called “CanKill.” All you’d have to do is use “CanKill” instead of “Boolvalue”

However, if you meant that each BoolValue would have a different name, all you’d have to do is search via a class search:

if Campfire:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("BoolValue").Value == true then

Keep in mind, this would throw errors if a BoolValue isn’t inside a block, so you could do a check to make sure that it exists.

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#3 
for index, Campfire in pairs(Blocks:GetChildren()) do
    local boolvalue = Campfire:FindFirstChildOfClass('BoolValue')
	if boolvalue and boolvalue.Value then
		-- code here
	end
end

Should do what you’re wanting.

#4 
for i, v in pairs(workspace.Blocks:GetChildren()) do
	if v:IsA("Part") then
		for index, value in pairs(v:GetChildren()) do
			if value:IsA("BoolValue") then
				print(v.Name, value.Value)
			end
		end
	end
end

You’ll need to change the path to the correct folder.