Why is my function receiving the contents of my module and not the passed value?

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Hi!

I’m rather confused here.
There’s nothing much to say other than that I have no clue as to why this is happening.
So, what am I doing?

I call LookAtTarget and pass in an object value (Ignore space above my temp function)

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My module receives this request, but for some reason, "target" is now a TABLE! ..So I iterate over it and print it's contents..

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This is the result..

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I have two questions:

  • WHY
  • HOW

I never knew this was even possible.
Thank you in advance.

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Red arrow points to how you’re calling the module function.

Blue arrow points to how you’ve declared the module function.

You’re calling it as a method, meaning you’re passing the entire module as the first parameter, since you’re declaring it with ‘.’.

Fix:

change the red arrow line to:

leanMethods.LookAtTarget(workspace.World.NPCS.Dummy.Trigger)

OR

change the blue arrow line to:

function module:LookAtTarget(target)
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I noticed the same thing RIGHT after I made this post.
I’ll give you the solution for taking your time, so thanks!

Honestly, I keep embarrassing my self by making stupid mistakes and then asking people why, haha.
I hope this post helps people in the future who make the same oversight.

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No worries. I’m sure it will help somebody.

The hardest part about learning this type of thing is learning how to properly debug, and to look for simple common mistakes - which just comes with time.

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