GetFriendStatus struggle

Hello,

Recently, I have tried to learn Lua, and I am currently creating a cheat for gmod. I am trying to use GetFriendStatus in order to determine who's my friend, blocked, requested, or in no relationship with me at all.

Code:

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surface.CreateFont("Casual",{ font = "TabLarge", size = 16, weight = 700, outline = true })

local function MESPCheck(v)
        if v:Alive() == true and v:Health() ~= 0 and v:Health() > 0 and v ~= LocalPlayer() and LocalPlayer():Alive() then
                return true
        else
                return false
        end
end

--[Health & Name ESP]--

CreateClientConVar("esp", 1, true, false)
hook.Add("HUDPaint", "ESP", function()
        for k,v in pairs( player.GetAll() ) do
                if GetConVarNumber("esp") == 1 then
                        if MESPCheck(v) and v:Team() ~= TEAM_SPECTATOR and v:Team() ~= TEAM_UNASSIGNED then
                                local Pos = v:GetPos():ToScreen()
                                draw.DrawText( "Health: "..v:Health(), "Casual", Pos.x, Pos.y + 18, Color( 255, 255, 255, 255), 1 );
                                draw.DrawText( v:SteamID(), "Casual", Pos.x, Pos.y + 36, Color( 255, 255, 255, 255), 1 );
                                print( v:GetFriendStatus() )
                                        if v:GetFriendStatus == "none" or v:GetFriendStatus == "requested" then
                                                draw.DrawText( v:Name(), "Casual", Pos.x, Pos.y, Color( 254, 247, 117, 255 ), 1 );
                                        end               
                        end
                end
        end
end)

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What I'm trying to do is print the relationship status of all the current players in the server, to then determine the color of my name esp. However, when I test this out, it says that on line 22,

Code:

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if v:GetFriendStatus == "none" or v:GetFriendStatus == "requested" then

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that the function arguments near '==':

Code:

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[ERROR] lua/unnamed.lua:22: function arguments expected near '=='
  1. unknown - lua/unnamed.lua:0

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What's the reasoning behind this? What am I doing wrong? I know, I know, I am garbage at coding. If there's another, preferably easier way to execute what I am trying to do, please let me know as well.

Thanks.

Never mind, I have gotten this to work.

I forgot to put the parentheses after v:GetFriendStatus (so in this case, v:GetFriendStatus()).

Solved.
Closed.