Find how many parents an object has

S1xty

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#141299455Wednesday, July 23, 2014 7:32 PM GMT

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FlamedSkull

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#141299575Wednesday, July 23, 2014 7:33 PM GMT

print(#Child.Parent:GetChildren())

FlamedSkull

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#141299696Wednesday, July 23, 2014 7:35 PM GMT

Oh wait.. Um hold on.

smiley599

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#141299788Wednesday, July 23, 2014 7:36 PM GMT

That's not even a question. I refuse to help you until you word it properly and politely.

S1xty

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#141300363Wednesday, July 23, 2014 7:42 PM GMT

stfu smiley you're the only one being impolite.

nomer888

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#141300449Wednesday, July 23, 2014 7:43 PM GMT

An object has one parent.

smiley599

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#141300512Wednesday, July 23, 2014 7:44 PM GMT

I don't need to be polite though. I'm not demanding anything here. When I make a thread I always say please and thankyou.

S1xty

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#141300537Wednesday, July 23, 2014 7:44 PM GMT

... As in the parent that is a 1st generation descendant of the workspace.

super10099

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#141300667Wednesday, July 23, 2014 7:46 PM GMT

par = 0 if script.Parent then par = part + 1 if script.Parent then par = part + 1 if script.Parent then par = part + 1 if script.Parent then par = part + 1 if script.Parent then par = part + 1 if script.Parent then par = part + 1 end end end end end end print(par) print(string.reverse("!dlroW olleH"))

S1xty

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#141300709Wednesday, July 23, 2014 7:46 PM GMT

nvm found it

StealthKing95

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#141300729Wednesday, July 23, 2014 7:46 PM GMT

function getAncestryDepth(obj) local depth = 1 local par = obj.Parent repeat par = par.Parent depth = depth + 1 until par == game print(obj:GetFullName().. ' has '..depth..' "parents"') return depth end getAncestryDepth(workspace.Model.Part)

S1xty

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#141424681Thursday, July 24, 2014 9:29 PM GMT

yeah thats basically what I did