If statements in plugins throw an error?

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1

When creating a plugin and including an if statement to check if a part exists in workspace it just errors.

If the Part exists it will not error. But if it does not it errors. This doesn’t make any sense. Any help?

2

Could you post the code that gives you the error?

3

Does the code use FindFirstChild? FindFirstChild returns nil instead of throwing an error if the child instance you’re trying to find doesn’t exist.

if workspace:FindFirstChild("whatever") then
    -- ...
end
-- or:
local whatever = workspace:FindFirstChild("whatever")
if whatever then
    -- ...
end
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