Hey. I want to search a table for a string. I already tried table.find(table, string), but it always spits out nil.
heres the table:
local emojis = {
--Standard emoji set
["standard"] = {
["common"] = {
["Grinning_Face"] = {
Name = "Grinning face",
Emoji = "????",
Rarity = "Common",
Cost = 50
},
["Beaming_Face"] = {
Name = "Beaming face",
Emoji = "????",
Rarity = "Common",
Cost = 50
},
["Grinning_Squinting_Face"] = {
Name = "Grinning squinting face",
Emoji = "????",
Rarity = "Common",
Cost = 60
},
["Smiling_Face"] = {
Name = "Smiling face",
Emoji = "????",
Rarity = "Common",
Cost = 40
},
["Laughing_Face"] = {
Name = "Laughing face",
Emoji = "????",
Rarity = "Common",
Cost = 70
},
["Winking_Face"] = {
Name = "Winking face",
Emoji = "????",
Rarity = "Common",
Cost = 70
},
["Cheeky_Face"] = {
Name = "Cheeky face",
Emoji = "????",
Rarity = "Common",
Cost = 70
}
},
["uncommon"] = {
["Angel_Face"] = {
Name = "Angel face",
Emoji = "????",
Rarity = "Uncommon",
Cost = 180
},
["Goofy_Face"] = {
Name = "Goofy face",
Emoji = "????",
Rarity = "Uncommon",
Cost = 170
},
["Star_eyed_face"] = {
Name = "Star eyed face",
Emoji = "????",
Rarity = "Uncommon",
Cost = 150
}
},
["rare"] = {
},
["very_rare"] = {
},
["extreamly_rare"] = {
},
["mega_rare"] = {
}
}
}
and this is my code:
function emojis.GiveEmoji(PlayerName, Emoji)
print(table.find(emojis, Emoji))
if table.find(emojis, Emoji) == nil then
print("invalid emoji name")
else
local invGui = game.Players[PlayerName].PlayerGui:WaitForChild("Inventory")
if invGui.Frame.ScrollingFrame:FindFirstChild(Emoji) then
local Em = invGui.Frame.ScrollingFrame[Emoji]
Em.Count.Value = Em.Count.Value + 1
Em.TextLabel.Text = Emoji.." x"..Em.Count.Value
else
local clone = invGui.InvContent.ImageButton:Clone()
clone.Name = Emoji
clone.TextLabel.Text = Emoji
clone.Count.Value = 1
clone.Parent = invGui.Frame.ScrollingFrame
clone.Visible = true
end
print("gave emoji ".. Emoji.. " to ".. PlayerName)
end
end
and if you are wondering why the function name is emojis.GiveEmoji: its because all of this is in a module script. I hope someone can help, thanks in advance!

1 comment
I assume that the parameter "Emoji" is the key of the dictionary. table.find() will find the value in the dictionary and not the key. So you'd need to do this "if not emojis[Emoji] then" instead of "if not table.find(emojis, Emoji) then"