Help with script

Had my script working in a old ver of lua but will not work in 5.0 -- is the player already in the list? i = 1; Line 41-- while ( i < playerCount and currPlayer ~= playerList[ i ][ "name" ] ) do i = i + 1; end if ( i <= playerCount and currPlayer == playerList[ i ][ "name" ] ) then currPIndex = i; else [ERROR]: )' expected near &' (41) for the life of me I can't see the problem Thanks for your help Houdini