"X cannot be assigned to"

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#1

I wanted to randomly change the position of 2 parts called “StartPos and EndPos” by using:

local StartPos,EndPos = script.Parent,workspace.EndPos
while true do
 StartPos.Position.X = EndPos.Position.X == math.random(-300,200)
 StartPos.Position.Y = EndPos.Position.Y == math.random(-200,286)
 wait(5)
end

but I was met with “X cannot be assigned to”.
I would appreciate it if someone can tell me what did I do wrong, thank you!

#2

I don’t understand what that means

StartPos.Position.X =  Vector3.new(EndPos.Position.X + math.random(-200, 286))
StartPos.Position.Y = Vector3.new(EndPos.Position.Y + math.random(-200, 286))

maybe replace it with this

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#3

Sadly, you would have to assign it in this way:

local StartPos,EndPos = script.Parent,workspace.EndPos
while true do
 StartPos.Position = Vector3.new(math.random(-300,200),math.random(-300,200),0)
 task.wait(5)
end

I dont think you could assign the X,Y and Z values separately like this.
(They are ‘readable’ only values.)

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#4

EDIT: Actually no, forget about my post, because I never used the EndPos variable and I think that’s probably not what you meant, so it’s good if you explained what you wanted to make

EndPos.Position.X == math.random(-300,200) returns a bool (true or false), not a number, so your line

StartPos.Position.X = EndPos.Position.X == math.random(-300,200)

is a logic error.

I think you meant for:

EndPos.Position.X = math.random(-300,200)

here, because you don’t have to compare anything

Additionally Position is a changeable value, but Position.X or Position.Y is a readable value. A solution is to do this:

local StartPos,EndPos = script.Parent,workspace.EndPos
while true do
 StartPos.Position = Vector3.new(math.random(-300,200), math.random(-200,286), 0)
 wait(5)
end
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#5

You can’t assign a boolean to it, when you declare “EndPos.Position.X == math.random(-300,200)” you really are asigned a boolean value. Apparently you need declare a position and then you match the positions. I don’t understand what you did. Can you explain me?

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