Workspace.ScytheSlayin.LocalScript:8: attempt to index nil with 'InputBegan'

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Hello! So I was trying to make a keybind script, so when you press a key the animation plays. I tried making it and it didnt work. This is the code I used:

local UIS game:GetService('UserInputService')

local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer

local Char = plr.Character or plr.CharacterAdded:Wait()

local Key = 'Q'

local Animation = Instance.new("Animation")

local UIS game:GetService('UserInputService')

local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer

local Char = plr.Character or plr.CharacterAdded:Wait()

local Key = 'Q'

local Animation = Instance.new("Animation")

Animation.AnimationId = 'rbxassetid://5225712430'

local Debounce = true

UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(Input, IsTyping)

if IsTyping then return end

local KeyPressed = Input.KeyCode

if KeyPressed == Enum.KeyCode[Key] and Debounce then

Debounce = false

local LoadAnimation = Char.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(Animation)

LoadAnimation:Play()

wait(2)

Debounce = true

end

end)

And I keep getting the error:

Workspace.ScytheSlayin.LocalScript:8: attempt to index nil with ‘InputBegan’

(yes I know the indenting is off, I don’t know why it pasted like that)

Any help or idea on what I can do to solve this?

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You’re missing an equal sign to assign UserInputService to your UIS field.

However, this is valid syntax which is why there’s no error. UIS is unassigned, and you proceed to call :GetService() to retrieve UserInputService, which returns it to nowhere.

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