Trying to scale character with a GUI, attempt to index nil with WaitForChild

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#1 
local button = script.Parent 
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
button.MouseButton1Down:Connect(function()
	if player then
		local humanoid = player:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
		local height = humanoid:WaitForChild("BodyHeightScale").Value
		if humanoid then
			if humanoid:FindFirstChild("BodyHeightScale") then
			humanoid.BodyHeightScale.Value = height - 0.05
			end
		end
	end
end)

Title says it all. I’m having trouble with trying to scale my characters with textbuttons, and I keep getting the output error
“[Players.TritoNotTrito.PlayerGui.ScreenGui.TextButton.LocalScript:6: attempt to index nil with ‘WaitForChild’]”. I’ve tried several things, like using a local instead of the value (but that didn’t work and would cause problems with the other text button, which is supposed to make you taller). Help would be appreciated!

#2

You’re trying to get the Humanoid of a player object. Use player.Character.Humanoid instead.

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

Clicked:Connect bla bla
  local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
  local humanoid = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid)
end)
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#3

Thank you so much! Can’t believe it was such a simple mistake, thank you for solving my issue.