Table stops working after an object it references gets destroyed

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#1

Hi, my script will stop functioning and error “Example is not a valid member of “Example””. Here is my script:

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I know what the problem is, but am not sure how to fix it.
Ive tried adding this code to it, but it errors the same thing:

for i,v in pairs(PlayerLimbs) do
			if v == nil then
				table.remove(PlayerLimbs, v)
			end
		end

All help is appreciated!

#2

I am still reading your code, but instead of using workspace[player.Name] you can just replace that with player.Character.

#3

It might be easier if you could tell me what you replaced with ‘example’.

#4

"Left arm is not a member of "

#5

“Left arm is not a member of (player name)”

#6

Screen Shot 2021-10-15 at 12.25.04 PM
No spaces in the name! You gotta choose from one of these. I believe that if you destroy some specific items, the humanoid instantly dies. (Probably head, torso, humanoidrootpart)

#7

I put forced the game to make players in r6 so there would be less parts to destroy, in r6 I believe that there are spaces in the names.

#8

Case-sensitive. Make sure to capitalize your words! Screen Shot 2021-10-15 at 12.28.35 PM

Edit: I saw in your code you did capitalize, I’ll try and find another error.

#9

Yeah, you are using the correct names (oops forgot to check if there are any limbs at all, fixed)

Possibly fixed version:

script.Parent.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function(player)
	if not player.Character then return end

	local character = player.Character

	local limbs = {
		character:FindFirstChild("Left Arm");
		character:FindFirstChild("Right Arm");
		character:FindFirstChild("Left Leg");
		character:FindFirstChild("Right Leg");
	}
	
	if #limbs < 1 then return end

	local limb = limbs[math.random(1, #limbs)]

	if limb then
		limb:Destroy()
		table.remove(limbs, table.find(limbs, limb))
	end
end)
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#10

I believe that is correct. Once the limb has been removed, there is still a chance that the math.random() function may still choose the destroyed limb. You have to remove it from the table.

#11

FindFirstChild will return nil if it found nothing, therefore it won’t break since Destroy has already got rid of it (setting a value to nil removes the value from the table as far as i know)