What is the best way to assign multiple values the same variable

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#1

in my game i have a lot of variables that have assigned the same value like this

local big = 32
local var1 = game.workspace.part1
local var2 = game.workspace.part2
local var3 = game.workspace.part3
local var4 = game.workspace.part4

and when i assign a value

var1.size = big
var2.size = big
var3.size = big
var4.size = big

what i wanna know is if there is any way theres to make this take less lines of code and make it look better
i have already tried for loops like this

bigVar = {var1,var2,var3,var4}
for i = 0,4,1 do
    bigVar[0+i].size = big
end

but it did nothing i didnt get a error but it also didnt work prob im doing something wrong, if you have any sugestions please tell me

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#2

why do you have multiple variables for the same part?

#3

The main issue I found is that your loop starts at 0. Roblox’s index starts at 1, not 0. Try this loop instead.

bigVar = {var1,var2,var3,var4}
for i,v in pairs(bigVar) do
    v.size = big
end
#4

The problem with your code is that in the first iteration, bigVar[0+i] is bigVar[0]. This is because, as @CodeJared stated, Lua’s index starts at 1, not 0. Therefore, you should either change it to

  • bigVar[1+i] or
  • for i = 1, 4, 1 do.
    Here’s the code using the latter method.
bigVar = {var1,var2,var3,var4}
for i = 1,4,1 do
    bigVar[0+i].size = big
end

This should work, do let me know if it doesn’t.

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#5

You can put the parts in a folder and do

for _, part in workspace.Folder:GetChildren() do
   for i = 1, 4 do
      part.Size = Vector3.new(i,i,i)
   end
end
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#6

they are the same part forgot to add that

#7

Did any of the solutions we’ve posted work?

#8

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