How would I make an attribute parent name go to a string?

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#1

Hey devforum! I’m trying to make a tycoon and I’m running into a bit of a problem. I’m trying to make it so above a button there’s some text and that says the name of the item they are purchasing and the cost, but it keeps saying
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Heres my script

Button.BillboardGui.TextLabel.Text = getItem(Button:GetAttribute('ItemId')).Name.." - "..Item:GetAttribute('Cost')

There’s also Id’s inside of the buttons and Items, and another tycoon in replicated storage.

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#2

You can create a new attribute to the button and call it ItemName.
or you can use an algorithm like this, give me a moment ^

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#3

Basically your getItem function returned nil. Try looking into it.

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#4 
local itemNames = {
	[ITEM_ID] = "ITEM_NAME"
}

local function GetItemName(itemID)
	return itemNames[itemID]
end

Button.BillboardGui.TextLabel.Text = GetItemName(Button:GetAttribute('ItemId'))
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#5

Would I have to put all the “item names” into itemNames?

#6

Also here is my getItem function

local function getItem(itemId)
	for _, Item in Items:GetChildren() do
		if Item:GetAttribute('Id') == itemId then
			return Item
		end
	end
end

I don’t really see anything wrong with it

#7

It’s weird how you use two attributes for similar data? That is, why do you use “ItemId” and “Id” for representing item id?

#8

I figured it out, there was something wrong with my getItem function

#9

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