Save all value descendants of a folder with the same name thats a bool value

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#1

Hey, if i had a regular script that saved values, how would i make it save all descendants of a folder thats a bool value and all have the the name “IfEquipped”. I would guess that i would use v in pairs but i would know how to add that to the datastore script.

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#2

Hi, You are certainly on the right track. What I would do is store all bool values in a table, and use the table as the new value for the datastore.

local folder -- folder containing bool values
local dsService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local dataStore = dsService:GetDataStore("global")

local data = {} --stores all bool values
for i, v in pairs(folder:GetChildren())
    if v:IsA("BoolValue") then
        if v.Name == "IfEquipped" then
            table.insert(data, v.Value) -- insert bool to the "data" table
        end
    end
end

dataStore:UpdateAsync("key_userId", function(oldValue)
    local newValue = data or oldValue
    return newValue -- send bool table to data store
end)
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#3

Ok, thats nice, so what would i do if the folder is in a players gui

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#4

I guess saying how would i add that to the script that has the player removijgnand adding in the datastore script

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