Strange Lua error regarding a self command.

[JGAm3r]

I am very new to Lua coding, and as such I followed a tutorial to make a chair gun to learn the ropes. But, when I ran my code i got the following error in the console:

[ERROR] addons/chairlauncher/lua/weapons/chairgun.lua:51: '(' expected near 'self'
1. unknown - addons/chairlauncher/lua/weapons/chairgun.lua

Like I said, I'm new, but I really don't know why this is showing up, nor do I have a clue how to fix it. Any help would be appreciated, and I really hope this doesn't turn out to be an embarrassingly simply issue. My source code is down below:

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SWEP.PrintName			= "Chair Thrower"			
SWEP.Author			= "JGAm3r"
SWEP.Instructions		= "Left mouse to fire a chair!"
SWEP.Spawnable = true
SWEP.AdminOnly = false
SWEP.Primary.ClipSize		= -1
SWEP.Primary.DefaultClip	= -1
SWEP.Primary.Automatic		= true
SWEP.Primary.Ammo		= "none"

SWEP.Secondary.ClipSize		= -1
SWEP.Secondary.DefaultClip	= -1
SWEP.Secondary.Automatic	= false
SWEP.Secondary.Ammo		= "none"
SWEP.Weight			= 5
SWEP.AutoSwitchTo		= false
SWEP.AutoSwitchFrom		= false

SWEP.Slot			= 1
SWEP.SlotPos			= 2
SWEP.DrawAmmo			= false
SWEP.DrawCrosshair		= true
SWEP.ViewModel			= "models/weapons/v_pistol.mdl"
SWEP.WorldModel			= "models/weapons/w_pistol.mdl"
local ShootSound = Sound( "Metal.SawbladeStick" )
local ShootSound2 = Sound( "HealthKit.Touch" )


function SWEP:PrimaryAttack()


	self.Weapon:SetNextPrimaryFire( CurTime() + 0.5 )	


	self:ThrowChair( "models/props/cs_office/Chair_office.mdl" )

end
 


function SWEP:SecondaryAttack()

	

	self:ThrowChair2( "models/props_c17/FurnitureChair001a.mdl" )

end

function SWEP:Reload

	self:ThrowMelon( "models/props_junk/watermelon01.mdl" )


	
end	

function SWEP:ThrowChair( model_file )

	
	self:EmitSound( ShootSound )

 
	
	if ( CLIENT ) then return end

	
	local ent = ents.Create( "prop_physics" )

	
	if (  !IsValid( ent ) ) then return end

	
	ent:SetModel( model_file )
 
	ent:SetPos( self.Owner:EyePos() + ( self.Owner:GetAimVector() * 16 ) )
	ent:SetAngles( self.Owner:EyeAngles() )
	ent:Spawn()
 

	
	local phys = ent:GetPhysicsObject()
	if (  !IsValid( phys ) ) then ent:Remove() return end
 
 
	
	local velocity = self.Owner:GetAimVector()
	velocity = velocity * 100 
	velocity = velocity + ( VectorRand() * 10 ) -- a random element
	phys:ApplyForceCenter( velocity )
 
	
	cleanup.Add( self.Owner, "props", ent )
 
	undo.Create( "Thrown_Chair" )
		undo.AddEntity( ent )
		undo.SetPlayer( self.Owner )
	undo.Finish()
end
function SWEP:ThrowChair2( model_file )
	
	self:EmitSound( ShootSound2 )

 

	if ( CLIENT ) then return end

	
	
	local ent = ents.Create( "prop_physics" )

	if (  !IsValid( ent ) ) then return end

	
	ent:SetModel( model_file )
 
	
	ent:SetPos( self.Owner:EyePos() + ( self.Owner:GetAimVector() * 16 ) )
	ent:SetAngles( self.Owner:EyeAngles() )
	ent:Spawn()
 

	
	
	local phys = ent:GetPhysicsObject()
	if (  !IsValid( phys ) ) then ent:Remove() return end
 
 
	local velocity = self.Owner:GetAimVector()
	velocity = velocity * 100 
	velocity = velocity + ( VectorRand() * 10 ) -- a random element
	phys:ApplyForceCenter( velocity )
 
	
	cleanup.Add( self.Owner, "props", ent )
 
	undo.Create( "Thrown_Chair" )
		undo.AddEntity( ent )
		undo.SetPlayer( self.Owner )
	undo.Finish()
end

function SWEP:ThrowMelon( model_file )

	
	if ( CLIENT ) then return end

	local ent = ents.Create( "prop_physics" )

	
	if (  !IsValid( ent ) ) then return end

	
	ent:SetModel( model_file )
 
	
	ent:SetPos( self.Owner:EyePos() + ( self.Owner:GetAimVector() * 16 ) )
	ent:SetAngles( self.Owner:EyeAngles() )
	ent:Spawn()
 

	
	local phys = ent:GetPhysicsObject()
	if (  !IsValid( phys ) ) then ent:Remove() return end
 
 
	local velocity = self.Owner:GetAimVector()
	velocity = velocity * 1000
	velocity = velocity + ( VectorRand() * 10 ) -- a random element
	phys:ApplyForceCenter( velocity )
 
	entity to the cleanup and undo lists. This is done like so.
	
	cleanup.Add( self.Owner, "props", ent )
 
	undo.Create( "Thrown_Chair" )
		undo.AddEntity( ent )
		undo.SetPlayer( self.Owner )
	undo.Finish()
end

[Fortune_.]

First of all, wrap your post in code tags

Your error is telling you what is wrong and how to fix it. At line 51 a parentheses was expected but was not found.

This is the fix:

function SWEP:Reload()

self:ThrowMelon( "models/props_junk/watermelon01.mdl" )



end	

You did not put the () after SWEP:Reload.

[c👌de_g🎷]

[QUOTE=Fortune11709;43576420]First of all, wrap your post in code tags

Your error is telling you what is wrong and how to fix it. At line 51 a parentheses was expected but was not found.

This is the fix:

function SWEP:Reload()

self:ThrowMelon( "models/props_junk/watermelon01.mdl" )



end	

You did not put the () after SWEP:Reload.[/QUOTE]

Not to mention this.

local velocity = self.Owner:GetAimVector()
velocity = velocity * 1000
velocity = velocity + ( VectorRand() * 10 ) -- a random element
phys:ApplyForceCenter( velocity )

entity to the cleanup and undo lists. This is done like so. --You didn't comment out this line.

cleanup.Add( self.Owner, "props", ent )

undo.Create( "Thrown_Chair" )
undo.AddEntity( ent )
undo.SetPlayer( self.Owner )
undo.Finish()
end

[JGAm3r]

[QUOTE=Fortune11709;43576420]First of all, wrap your post in code tags

Your error is telling you what is wrong and how to fix it. At line 51 a parentheses was expected but was not found.

This is the fix:

function SWEP:Reload()

self:ThrowMelon( "models/props_junk/watermelon01.mdl" )



end	

You did not put the () after SWEP:Reload.[/QUOTE]

Thank you for helping me out, for one. I didn't realize I needed parenthesis there, I was reading the error message as (' was expected near 'self'). Like I said, VERY new to this. And second, what is a code tag?

[Fortune_.]

On your posts put [ CODE. ] before and [ ./CODE] after it. Without the fullstops and spaces in the tags.

[JGAm3r]

[QUOTE=code_gs;43576428]Not to mention this.

local velocity = self.Owner:GetAimVector()
velocity = velocity * 1000
velocity = velocity + ( VectorRand() * 10 ) -- a random element
phys:ApplyForceCenter( velocity )

entity to the cleanup and undo lists. This is done like so. --You didn't comment out this line.

cleanup.Add( self.Owner, "props", ent )

undo.Create( "Thrown_Chair" )
undo.AddEntity( ent )
undo.SetPlayer( self.Owner )
undo.Finish()
end

[/QUOTE]

OH, alright, I guess I missed that. Thank you.

[editline]17th January 2014[/editline]

[QUOTE=Fortune11709;43576555]On your posts put [ CODE. ] before and [ ./CODE] after it. Without the fullstops and spaces in the tags.[/QUOTE]

Oh, like HTML code? Alright. Are there any other things like I should know?

[editline]17th January 2014[/editline]