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Match string from data store?

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lucky_thirteen13 -1

4 years ago

Edited 4 years ago

Hi I am trying to get a string that has been stored and when a part is touched it checks if the string matches. when i touch the part nothing happens, what am i doing wrong?

function OnTouched(Part)
    local str = "" 
    local player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(Part.Parent)
        if player then
        local leaderstats = player:FindFirstChild("leaderstats")
        if leaderstats then
            str = leaderstats.Rank.Value
            if string.match(str, "Rec") then
            print("Works")
        else
                print("doesnt work")
                end
        end
    end
end

Also did you add a Part.Touched:Connect(OnTouched) at the end? OhManXDXD 445 — 4y

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Answered by

OhManXDXD 445

4 years ago

Edited 4 years ago

Sorry, I saw the question wrong. Try first defining str as just leaderstats.Rank, then finding the value when using string.match


function OnTouched(Part)
    local str = "" 
    local player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(Part.Parent)
        if player then
        local leaderstats = player:FindFirstChild("leaderstats")
        if leaderstats then
            str = leaderstats:WaitForChild("Rank") -- Waits for the rank to load
            if string.match(str.Value, "Rec") then
            print("Works")
        else
                print("doesnt work")
                end
        end
    end
end

Thank you! Works great lucky_thirteen13 -1 — 4y

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