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yoshiwars is not online. yoshiwars
Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Total Posts: 216
23 Nov 2013 12:38 PM
I can't use its name so I want to call it by its ClassName how do I do this?
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yoshiwars is not online. yoshiwars
Joined: 27 Jul 2009
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23 Nov 2013 12:43 PM
bump, help please.
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Greendolph is not online. Greendolph
Joined: 07 May 2008
Total Posts: 2543
23 Nov 2013 12:46 PM
Generally you will have to iterate through all objects in its parent and return the first object that matches the classname.

Example:

function get_object_by_classname(parent,class)
for _,o in pairs(parent:GetChildren()) do
if o:IsA(class) then
return o
end
end
end


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