How to make a variable have a maximum value

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#1

This is just a quick problem, but for some reason it gives me an error when putting this in.

local temp = 98.6
local counter = 93

temp.MaxValue = 98.6
counter.MaxValue = 93

The error is:
Workspace.Zox_Dev.Tempreature:4: attempt to index number with ‘MaxValue’

#2

Variables temp and counter are numbers, you tried to get .MaxValue of a number which does not exist. What are you trying to do exactly?

#3

It seems they want to establish a MaxValue for their variables. But its something that is not built into Roblox itself. They need to program it themselves.

#4

Maybe this is what you could be looking for?

local number = {Max = 7, Min = 1}

print(number.Max)

prints the “max” number, which is 7 in this case.

#5

or

local temp = 98.6
local counter = 93

print(math.max(temp,counter)) --98.6
#6

Well when you do this the variable doesn’t have a “max value”, which I think is what they want.

#7

You can do

local max = 10
local min = 1
local intvalue = intvaluepath
intvalue.Changed:Connect(function()
intvalue.Value = math.clamp(intvalue.Value, min, max)
end)

U can do it with number values too

#8

okay, So I am making it so that they go down and up, they can go down as much as they want but I don’t want them to ever go higher than the maxvalue

#9

You can try my method. It works fine. You can do it with decimals and ints

#10

you can use the example @luisgamercooI231fan sent above since you can make its min value as low as you want and limit the max

#11

I’m not sure if they want a variable with variables min and max, or when a variable is changing to be set.

#12

I am trying to make it so that the number can go down as much as it wants, but the temp cannot go above 98.6, and the counter cannot go above 93

#13

Use math.clamp then.

local number = math.clamp(number, min, max)

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