Script not properly adressing a value in a table

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#1

My script keeps giving me the error " attempt to index field ‘?’ (a nil value)"
Here’s the script that makes the cookvalue, etc

Am I doing something wrong? It’s gonna be for cooking items in my upcoming survival game
Script is below

local items = {
	["cookthing"] = {
		cooksTo = {
			name = "EpicPart",
			steps = 30,
		}
	}
}
while wait() do
	for _,item in pairs(game.Workspace:GetDescendants()) do
		local cv = item:FindFirstChild("CookValue")
		if cv then
			if cv.Value == items[item.Name].cooksTo.steps then
				local cframe = item.CFrame
				local superPart = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):FindFirstChild(items[item.Name].cooksTo.name)
				local epicpart = superPart:Clone()
				epicpart.Anchored = true
				epicpart.CFrame = cframe
				epicpart.Parent = workspace
				item:Destroy()
			end
		end
	end
end```
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#2

What line is the error occurring on??

#3

13 is the line

#4

THats the line

#5

Just doing some testing, is the part named ‘cookthing’?

#6

You have an extra comma on steps

#7

Yeah, I have a script that begins the cooking, here

local items = {
	["cookthing"] = {
		cooksTo = {
			name = "EpicPart",
			steps = 30,
		}
	}
}
function objPosition(pos1,pos2,studs)
	if pos1.Position.Magnitude - pos2.Position.Magnitude <= studs then
		return true
	else 
		return
	end
end
while wait(1) do
	for _,item in pairs(game.Workspace:GetDescendants()) do
		if item.Name ~= "Campfire" and item:IsA("BasePart") then
			if objPosition(script.Parent, item, 5) then
				local itemCook = item:FindFirstChild("CookValue")
				if not itemCook then
					local cv = Instance.new("IntValue", item)
					cv.Name = "CookValue"
					cv.Value = cv.Value + 1
					itemCook = cv
				else
					itemCook.Value = itemCook.Value + 1
				
					
				end
			end
		end
	end
end
#8

That won’t error.

#9

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#10

Well that’s a different result for me unfortunately.

#11

Can you screenshot your studio? What’s the name of the part?

#12

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#13

It doesn’t have a CookValue in it??

#14

The other script I posted should make the cookvalue.

#15

Did you check that items[item.Name] exists?

#16

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#17

Well the error is self explanatory then, if it prints ‘no’ then there is nothing in items[item.Name] and trying to index it will result in an error

#18

Can you do this before line 14:

print(cv.Value, item.Name)

#19

I just realized it also checks for the baseplate, let me do some things and try to fix it

#20

Script works fine when doing that check, as i stated in my post earlier (https://devforum.roblox.com/t/script-not-properly-adressing-a-value-in-a-table/226844/17)

Code, if you are wondering 
local items = {
	["cookthing"] = {
		cooksTo = {
			name = "EpicPart",
			steps = 30
		}
	}
}
while wait() do
	for _,item in pairs(game.Workspace:GetDescendants()) do
		local cv = item:FindFirstChild("CookValue")
		if cv then
			if items[item.Name] then
				if cv.Value == items[item.Name]['cooksTo']['steps'] then
					local cframe = item.CFrame
					local superPart = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):FindFirstChild(items[item.Name].cooksTo.name)
					local epicpart = superPart:Clone()
					epicpart.Anchored = true
					epicpart.CFrame = cframe
					epicpart.Parent = workspace
					item:Destroy()
				end
			end
		end
	end
end