# Error With "gui.get\_text"? (SOLVED)

**URL:** <https://forum.defold.com/t/error-with-gui-get-text-solved/43189>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [February 11, 2019, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/error-with-gui-get-text-solved/43189 "2019-02-11T12:28:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![jessepalser](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/jessepalser/32/9250_2.png) [@jessepalser](https://forum.defold.com/u/jessepalser)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/error-with-gui-get-text-solved/43189/1 "2019-02-11T12:28:54Z")

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Hi,

Trying to get a button’s text, I do below but it has error?:

```
for index = 0, 64 do
	character = gui.get_text( string.format("Char%d", index) )
end

```

> ERROR:SCRIPT: data/gui\_script/Screen-9-NewHighScore-GUI-Script.gui\_script:182: bad argument #1 to ‘get\_text’ (userdata expected, got string)  
> stack traceback:  
> [C]: in function ‘get\_text’  
> data/gui\_script/Screen-9-NewHighScore-GUI-Script.gui\_script:182: in function \<data/gui\_script/Screen-9-NewHighScore-GUI-Script.gui\_script:79\>

Any ideas?, thanks!

Jesse

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**Author:** ![Mathias\_Westerdahl](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/mathias_westerdahl/32/228_2.png) [@Mathias\_Westerdahl](https://forum.defold.com/u/Mathias_Westerdahl)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/error-with-gui-get-text-solved/43189/2 "2019-02-11T12:43:53Z")

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Have you read the documentation for [gui.get\_text()](https://www.defold.com/ref/gui/#gui.get_text:node)?  
It accepts a gui node as input, not a string.

You get a gui node using [gui.get\_node(string)](https://www.defold.com/ref/gui/#gui.get_node:id)

I really urge you to read the documentation, it will help you code faster 🙂

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**Author:** ![jessepalser](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/jessepalser/32/9250_2.png) [@jessepalser](https://forum.defold.com/u/jessepalser)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/error-with-gui-get-text-solved/43189/3 "2019-02-11T12:47:47Z")

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That worked, thank you…