How To Use An Array In An If/Then Statement?
Trying to make a script that whenever a player joins, the game check's if they're a 'member'. If they're one they get a special weapon, if not they get nothing. I have a basic understanding of Array's, however don't know how to use them in a If/Then statement.
Example of code:
local members = {'Player1', 'Player2', 'Player4'}
if player.Name in members then
print('A Member')
else
print('Not a Member')
1 answer
tables have a built-in function for checking a table for a value / finding a value:
Variant table.find ( table haystack, Variant needle, number init )
The first argument is the table you want to search. The second argument is the element you are searching the table for.
The last argument is the starting index, or the place in the table you want to start searching. If the last argument is not given, it will start searching from the beginning.
Keep in mind, if the element is NOT found, it will return nil
An example taken from the 'table' API:
local t = {"a", "b", "c", "d", "e"}
print(table.find(t, "d")) --> 4
print(table.find(t, "z")) --> nil, because z is not in the table
print(table.find(t, "b", 3)) --> nil, because b appears before index 3
In your case, you could do this:
local members = {'Player1', 'Player2', 'Player4'}
if table.find(members,player.Name) ~= nil then
print('A Member')
else
print('Not a Member')
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