Invalid argument #2 (string expected, got Instance)

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#1

I am currently getting this error in my output:

invalid argument #2 (string expected, got Instance)

Here is my code:

local points = game.Players[game.Players.LocalPlayer].leaderstats.Points.Value

script.Parent.Points.Frame.TextLabel.Text = "Points: " .. points

I am guessing I am experiencing this issue because leaderstats.Points.Value is not a string. However, I don’t know how to convert it into a string.

Any sort of response would be appreciated! Thanks!

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#2

The issue isn’t concatenation its game.Players[game.Players.LocalPlayer]. If there isn’t a particular reason why you’d need to index game.Players with the player instance then i would just do:

local points = game.Players.LocalPlayer.leaderstats.Points.Value
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#3

Use the tostring() function on the value.

local points = tostring(game.Players.LocalPlayer.leaderstats.Points.Value)
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#4

Your error is because you are trying to reference the player instance in game.Players.

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To properly reference the player all you need to do is the same thing but without game.Players[].

local player = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer -- Reference the player
local points = player.leaderstats.Points.Value -- Reference the points leaderstat in the player instance

script.Parent.Points.Frame.TextLabel.Text = "Points: " .. points

Also as @juliaoverflow stated if you ever need to convert something into a string you can just use the tostring() function (but its not needed in this scenario).

Anyway, hope this helps and goodluck!

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#5

Now I have this issue: attempt to index number with 'Changed'

Code:

local points = game.Players.LocalPlayer.leaderstats.Points.Value

script.Parent.Points.Frame.TextLabel.Text = "Points: " .. points

points.Changed:Connect(function(NewValue)
   script.Parent.Points.Frame.TextLabel.Text = "Points: " .. points
end)
#6

You need to index the instance itself. Use Ze_tsu’s suggestion to use GetService and try this:

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local points = Players.LocalPlayer.leaderstats.Points

script.Parent.Points.Frame.TextLabel.Text = "Points: " .. points.Value

points.Changed:Connect(function(NewValue)
   script.Parent.Points.Frame.TextLabel.Text = "Points: " .. points.Value
end)
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#7

Thanks so much! You’ve helped me out a lot!