index global var issue

[Tiggythetiger]

Hey All,

I am probably just stupid and not doing something right but I am super new to coding in LUA. I am attempting to modify an addon to grab the entity name and change the maintext to "Aether Printer"

local maintext 
local maintextcolor
if self:Getbroken() == 1 then
maintext = "Needs Repair"
maintextcolor = Color(255,0,0,255)
elseif ent:GetClass() == "aether_printer" then
maintext = "Aether Printer"
maintextcolor = Color(255,255,255,255)
else
maintext = "Ultimate Printer"
maintextcolor = Color(255,255,255,255)
end

Error:
[ERROR] addons/ultimate_printers/lua/entities/printers_base/cl_init.lua:55: attempt to index global 'ent' (a nil value)
  1. unknown - addons/ultimate_printers/lua/entities/printers_base/cl_init.lua:55

The elseif statement starts line 55

1 - I hope this is in the right order and it is just a syntax error that I don't understand.
2 - I have looked all over the forums and checked previous work from others to help identify the issue but no avail

Before Error: http://prntscr.com/jhjo8n

Overall I am attempting to change where it says "Ultimate Printer" on the "ultimate_printer" entity or "Aether Printer" on the "aether_printer" entity.

Thanks in advance!

[bigdogmat]

You're using "ent" instead of "self" in what I assume is a method function.

[Tiggythetiger]

Thank you! That was the error and is now fixed!!!