Workspace.Gromaniak85.LocalScript:7: Expected ')' (to close '(' at column 25), got '.2xblock'

Question

what I'm trying to do is to get the distance from chracters torso to the block. I don't know why, but when im referencing the folder, it gives that error.

this is the error code: Workspace.Gromaniak85.LocalScript:7: Expected ')' (to close '(' at column 25), got '.2xblock'

local DistanceRemote = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").DistanceFromBlock
local player = script.Parent.Parent
local BrickMultipliers = game.Workspace.BrickMultipliers

while true do
    wait(0.5)
    local distancefrom2x = (game.Workspace[player.Name].UpperTorso.Position - BrickMultipliers.2xblock.Position).magnitude --error happens there
    print(distancefrom2x)
end

Here it's how it is in studio:

https://i.sstatic.net/pTMar.png

I don't really know what to do, so I'll be thankfull for all help !!

Answer 1

According to Lua's lexical conventions a name may not begin with a digit!

Names (also called identifiers) in Lua can be any string of Latin letters, Arabic-Indic digits, and underscores, not beginning with a digit and not being a reserved word. Identifiers are used to name variables, table fields, and labels.

The following keywords are reserved and cannot be used as names:

 and       break     do        else      elseif    end
 false     for       function  goto      if        in
 local     nil       not       or        repeat    return
 then      true      until     while

Hence this is invalid syntax: BrickMultipliers.2xblock.Position

From Lua 5.4 Reference Manual 3.2 - Variables:

The syntax var.Name is just syntactic sugar for var["Name"]:

var ::= prefixexp ‘.’ Name

So this convenient syntax only works for Lua identifiers (names).

As 2xblock begins with a digit so it cannot be a name. Thus BrickMultipliers.2xblock causes an error.

For any table key that is not a Lua name you have to use the square bracket notation.

BrickMultipliers["2xblock"]