Detecting an item within a list the player has (in backpack or character)?

function open(player) local card = player.Backpack:FindFirstChild(acceptedCards) or player.Character:FindFirstChild(acceptedCards) local other = player.Backpack:FindFirstChild(otherCards) or player.Character:FindFirstChild(otherCards) if card then (opens) elseif other then (opens but in different way so it's important) else (denied) end end end

✓ Accepted answer

do you mean something like this?

if card and other then
	print("both")
elseif card then
	print("only card")
elseif other then
	print("only other")
else
	print("denied")
end

Think of and as you read it, if this card and other card exists then blah blah blah

EDIT: You loop through the acceptedCards table and check FindFirstChild for each of it;

local function isAccepted(player, cards)
	for _, card in ipairs(cards) do
		if player.Character:FindFirstChild(card) or player.Backpack:FindFirstChild(card) then return true end
	end

	return false
end

[...]

if isAccepted(player, acceptedCards) then
	(opens)
elseif isAccepted(player, otherCards) then
	(opens but in different way so it's important)
else
	(denied)
end

Read about ipairs and pairs if you don't know what it is here

AnonymousDec 17, 2021Edited Dec 17, 2021Permalink

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Sorry what I want is for the door to accept one of the acceptedCards which is supposed to be a list of names that can be accepted. The problem is the script I have right now only works if acceptedCards or otherCards is equal to one name. I want it to work if acceptedCards is a list or multiple names

AnonymousDec 17, 2021#

i edited my answer

AnonymousDec 17, 2021#

Thank you I'll try this!

AnonymousDec 17, 2021#

Yeah I'm either doing it wrong or it doesn't work

AnonymousDec 18, 2021#

how does the acceptedCards list look?

AnonymousDec 18, 2021#

Detecting an item within a list the player has (in backpack or character)?

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