Nil Value

Getting Started Newbie Questions
#1

Hi I am new to programming lua. I created a new image called “fake” and then I set fake.x = 160

and when i run it it says “fake” is a nil value.

MY CODE

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function scene:createScene( event )

    local group = self.view

    

    local fake = display.newImage(“levels/level1/img1-2.jpg”)

    fake.x = 160

    fake.y = 240

    local pic1 = display.newImage(“levels/level1/img1.jpg”)

    pic1.x = 160

    pic1.y = 240

    

    local pic2 = display.newImage(“levels/level1/img1.jpg”)

    pic2.x = 480

    pic2.y = 640

    

    local grass = display.newImageRect( “grass.png”, screenW, 82 )

    grass:setReferencePoint( display.BottomLeftReferencePoint )

    grass.x, grass.y = 0, display.contentHeight

        

    group:insert( fake)

    group:insert( pic1 )

    group:insert( pic2 )

    group:insert( grass)

end

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#2

Are you sure the image name and path are correct?  There doesn’t seem to be anything wrong with the code above.  Are you using “fake” anywhere else in your code?

#3

thanks for the reply. you were right it was the image path i copied and pasted it from the image “pic1” and kept the .jpg extension instead of changing it to .png 

#4

Are you sure the image name and path are correct?  There doesn’t seem to be anything wrong with the code above.  Are you using “fake” anywhere else in your code?

#5

thanks for the reply. you were right it was the image path i copied and pasted it from the image “pic1” and kept the .jpg extension instead of changing it to .png