Problem Getting position from "v" in a module script

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I wish to make a function to easily tween GUI (In a table) offscreen in a modulescript

When trying to get the position of “v” I can print the position however it then immediately errors saying that position is not a valid member of moduleScript
error

I’ve tried making the position a variable and have checked if it is the print erroring

The code I’m using puts the table I send through a for loop and then tweens all the items in the table, the following is the code that is erroring:

for i,v in pairs(GUITable) do
	print(v.Position) --This will print the position and then instantly errors with the above error
	v:TweenPosition((position-UDim2.new(0,0,1,0)),dir)
end

Any help is appreciated, thank you!

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Seems like some of the values are other Instances (here, ModuleScript) not related to GuiObject.

for i,v in pairs(GUITable) do
    print(v.ClassName) -- ClassName?
	print(v.Position) --This will print the position and then instantly errors with the above error
	v:TweenPosition((position-UDim2.new(0,0,1,0)),dir)
end
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3

How would I go about fixing this? I’ve just tested it and you are 100% correct

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On top of this, you should also try and make sure that “v” is a frame, button, or other UI that can be tweened. The error saying that it can’t get the position of the ModuleScript means the ModuleScript is being included in the for-loop. If you try filtering the names or ClassNames to only tween if it’s a UI object OR not a script or other non UI then it should work better.

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You can do this using if-statements for v.Name or v:IsA(). This should put you on the right path.

6

You can use Instance:IsA(class_name):
This will return true if given instance inherits class_name (in this case, anything that inherits GuiObject (i.e. Frame, TextBox…))

for i,v in pairs(GUITable) do
	if v:IsA("GuiObject") then
		v:TweenPosition((position-UDim2.new(0,0,1,0)),dir)
	else
		-- code when v isn't guiobject
	end
end
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Thanks for the help, it will print without an error now ^-^

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