error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'd' (a string value)

Garry's Mod coding
#1

I’m getting that error every time I attempt to run this code;

[lua]
function PrintInventory(ply)
local inventory = string.split(ply:GetNWString(“inventory”), “,”)
for k, v in pairs(inventory) do
Msg("K: “…k…” V: “…v…”
")
end
end
[/lua]

Can anyone help?

#2

Can you specify what line this code is erring on?

#3

Line 2.

I thought it may be that I’m trying to perform string.split whilst getting a NWString but remedying this didn’t fix it as I also tried;

[lua]
local nwInventory = ply:GetNWString(“inventory”)
local inventory = string.split(nwInventory, “,”)
[/lua]

#4

Use string.Explode, AFAIK string.split is a fucked up function.

#5

Wicked working now.

#6

How so? It just inverts the argument order and returns the result of string.Explode [Source].

#7

The string split in there is uppercase S, whereas a lowercase s appears to be some builtin lua function.