Setting sourceText as well as kerning (character attribute)

Question

Hi,I've got a Text layer which is taking it's value from another layer "Rate" - first line of the code. I want to be able to kern the characters of this individually (using sliders) but when I add in the code (lines 2 onwards), it no longer takes the "Rate" value but reverts to the original valueI'm not sure why it is happening. I think I need to redefine the sourceText value but I'm not sure how to do that. Thanks in advance! thisComp.layer("Rate").text.sourceText.value;

text.sourceText.style 
// 1st character kerning //
.setKerning(thisComp.layer("CONTROL").effect("1st Kerning multiplier")("Slider"), 1)
// 2nd character kerning //
.setKerning(thisComp.layer("CONTROL").effect("2nd Kerning multiplier")("Slider"), 2)
// 3rd character kerning //
.setKerning(thisComp.layer("CONTROL").effect("3rd Kerning multiplier")("Slider"), 3)

mael32275969 · Accepted Answer

Yay! It works! Thank you so much!! I didn't know about the .setText().

mael32275969 · Answer

Here is what I mean by what happens when I add in the 2nd line of code onwards. It doesn't take the "Rate" value anymore

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