Value inconsistency

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#1

Hello devforum,
Today’s post is a speed run, my variable (which is being changed inside of a function) isn’t being recognized outside of the function, instead being recognized as the value i defined when I started the script:

THE CODE:
reloading = 0 – what the value is defaulting to, declared script-start

mouse.TargetFilter = workspace

local function activated()
	if reloading == true
	then
		print('sneed')
	else
		print(reloading) -- prints 0
		shootevent:FireServer(mouse.hit.p)
		wait(.09)
		Text1.Text = workspace:FindFirstChild(tostring(player))['AK-47'].Ammo.Value
	end
end

while mousedown == true
do
	print("E")
end

local function equipped()
	local function reloading(input)
		if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.R
		then
			reloading = true --what the value SHOULD be
			updateAmmo:FireServer()
			wait(.09)
			Text1.Text = workspace:FindFirstChild(tostring(player))['AK-47'].Ammo.Value
			Text2.Text = workspace:FindFirstChild(tostring(player))['AK-47'].AmmoReservoir.Value
			print(reloading)
			wait(5)
			reloading = false
			print(reloading) -- the prints inside of this function give out the correct values
		end
	end
#2

You’re giving the function the same name as the variable. When you localize the function to the scope (**local** function), that makes reloading restricted to the current scope too; it’s just like any other variable.

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#3

Thanks, worked like a charm :+1:, i’ll add for the record that all I had to do was change the function name to reload

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