Weirdest error of all mankind (.Text doesn't exist even though it does)

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#1

Hello! I got an error.

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However, .Text is a thing as seen here:
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Here is the code:

local Player = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local PlayerData = Player:WaitForChild("PlayerData")

local function CommaValue(UnconvertedValue)
	local FormattedValue = string.gsub(UnconvertedValue, "^(-?%d+)(%d%d%d)","%1,%2")
	return FormattedValue
end

script.Parent.Text = CommaValue(PlayerData:GetAttribute("MultiplayerWins")) -- This here is line 9

PlayerData.AttributeChanged:Connect(function()
	script.Parent.Text = CommaValue(PlayerData:GetAttribute("MultiplayerWins"))
end)

If you know how to fix, please let me know. Thanks! WE

#2

The error doesn’t mean that text doesn’t exist, it just says script.Parent is nil.

#3

but why is it nil? Should I try adding this to the top of the script?

repeat game:GetService("RunService").RenderStepped:Wait() until game:IsLoaded()
#4

What is the script Parented to?

#5

It’s parented to the text label.

#6

try putting that line of code you wrote in your second reply

#7 
script.Parent.Text = CommaValue(PlayerData:GetAttribute("MultiplayerWins")) -- This here is line 9
#8

Try this before you set that text

if not script.Parent then
    repeat wait() until script.Parent
end
#10

Still, that variable will hold nil tough.

#11

Did your solution except for using RenderStepped:Wait(), and it worked. However, this is similar, and it doesn’t error:

local Player = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local Points = Player.leaderstats.Points

local function CommaValue(UnconvertedValue)
	local FormattedValue = string.gsub(UnconvertedValue, "^(-?%d+)(%d%d%d)","%1,%2")
	return FormattedValue
end

script.Parent.Text = CommaValue(Points.Value)

Points.Changed:Connect(function()
	script.Parent.Text = CommaValue(Points.Value)
end)

Do you know why?

#12

I don’t know what you mean, can you go a little bit detail?

#13

The original wins system was just a copy and paste of that script, but made for Points. Do you know why it would error but not the solution script?

#14

The error is “Attempt to index nil with “Text”” as well, right?

#15

There is no error with this one. It works just fine.

#16

Is this run in the server? Or client?

#17

This script runs on the Client.

#18

I didn’t see anything wrong. I’m not sure what is going on. Is your script running?

#19

Yes. Everything is fine. It is just that this script works for 1 stat with no errors, but not another stat.

local Player = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local Points = Player.leaderstats.Points

local function CommaValue(UnconvertedValue)
	local FormattedValue = string.gsub(UnconvertedValue, "^(-?%d+)(%d%d%d)","%1,%2")
	return FormattedValue
end

script.Parent.Text = CommaValue(Points.Value)

Points.Changed:Connect(function()
	script.Parent.Text = CommaValue(Points.Value)
end)
#20

This is very weird, I don’t know what happened. Sorry, I can’t help you with this one.

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