Can't seem to get "createComponent" to work

[MrChoke]

I see GamewObjects get the method createComponent. I cannot get it to work. I keep getting runtime errors on my 1st parameter. My code:

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        c = torch_holder_1:getComponent("socket")
	print(c)   --  Works, get a table
	torch_holder_1:removeComponent("socket")
	c = torch_holder_1:getComponent("socket")
	print(c)     -- Works, get nil
	
	torch_holder_1:createComponent("socket")  -- ERROR.   "socket     X"
	

Anyone get this to work?

[Prozail]

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function cTest()
	c = torch_holder_1:getComponent("socket")
   print(c)   --  Works, get a table
   torch_holder_1:removeComponent("socket")
   c = torch_holder_1:getComponent("socket")
   print(c)     -- Works, get nil
   
   torch_holder_1:createComponent("Socket")
	c = torch_holder_1:getComponent("socket")
   print(c)   --  Works, get a table
end

it's stupid, but.... the class is case-sensitive on create... and ofc you need to set all the other parameters again afterwards.

[MrChoke]

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function cTest()
	c = torch_holder_1:getComponent("socket")
   print(c)   --  Works, get a table
   torch_holder_1:removeComponent("socket")
   c = torch_holder_1:getComponent("socket")
   print(c)     -- Works, get nil
   
   torch_holder_1:createComponent("Socket")
	c = torch_holder_1:getComponent("socket")
   print(c)   --  Works, get a table
end

it's stupid, but.... the class is case-sensitive on create... and ofc you need to set all the other parameters again afterwards.

Ack!! Yup that was it. Capitals on create and lower-case on get. Man, how did you guys figure that out! Thanks.

[Prozail]

My very uneducated guess tells me that, "socket" (lowercase) is the instance name, whereas "Socket" is actually the classname where the "Component" part of "SocketComponent" gets removed by convention.

i would guess...