How to check if the parent parent of a object is nil

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#1

So for some reason when I do this, it would print out attempt to index nil with parent because the object parent, parent, parent is nil, so I don’t know how to check if the parent, parent, parent isn’t nil.

example

if hit.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent then

end
#2

Instance.Parent.Parent .. Parent is rather tedious compared to using Instance:FindFirstAncestor("Anything"). Alternatively, FindFirstAncestorOfClass and FindFirstAncestorWhichIsA are optional.

If Instance.Parent would be still considered, use a recursive function that keeps looking for Instance.Parent until it is nil or another exit condition(for instance, matching instance).

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#4

wait so, if I did FindFirstChildAncestor, I don’t know what to find, because I’m not trying to find anything since it’s to check if it has a parent.

#5

I’d like to know what the context is when hit.Parent.Parent .. Parent is used. For your information, FindFirstAncestor is similar to FindFirstChild but it’s backwards and look for parent after parent.

#6

ye but

hit:FindFirstAncestor(what do I put in here)

#7

The argument you would set inside the function is the string of matching ancestor’s name. If hit.Parent.Parent.Parent was named “Bob”, use hit:FindFirstAncestor("Bob").

#8

ye but the thing is, that it’s a hitbox and it can touch anything.

#9

What’s the goal of the hitbox though? Is it supposed to hit characters? Players? Objects? You can still add additional checks to avoid false positives before running into an error.

#10

Make it check if its humanoid at first ,then make it check the name u want it to restrict

#11

ye but I want to check if it has a parent parent parent for a reason, it doesn’t matter what it is.

#12

not what I’m looking for though

#13

If the reason is to check if it still exists somewhere in workspace, just check for FindFirstAncestorOfClass("DataModel").

Unless you’re still insisting about using hit.Parent.Parent, gee:

local function getLastAncestorRecursive(object)
	if object.Parent then
		return getLastAncestorRecursive(object.Parent)
	end
	return object
end

Edit: Function wasn’t working as intended due to missing return.

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#14

ok, I will do that, thanks,