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How do you check if a players name is in a table?
-- owner and moderator assets
owner = {"devSchon","Player1"}
moderator = {}
if script.Parent.Parent.Name == owner then
script.Parent.OwnerAssets.Notifier.Visible = true
end
What I'm trying to do is to check if the player's username matches the users in the "owner" table; then make a GUI visible.
Thank you in advance for your help!
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Using a for loop is the best option because you can loop through each individual value within the table and check if it matches.
-- owner and moderator assets
owner = {"devSchon","Player1"}
moderator = {}
for _, player in pairs(owner:GetChildren()) do --Creates a loop, where "player" is the value being iterated upon.
if script.Parent.Parent.Name == player then
script.Parent.OwnerAssets.Notifier.Visible = true
end
end
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It does not work, all I'm doing in "script.Parent.Parent.Name == owner" is checking each player to see if their name is equal to a string in the owner table. Could that be the problem? SchonATL 15 — 8y
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Yes that is, that's not gonna work at all, you're comparing a string value to a table, not the table's values. legobuildermaster 220 — 8y
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The only issue here is that you're calling`GetChildren` on a table... you should only use it with instances to GET a table. ImageLabel 1541 — 8y
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On line 6, it says "script.Parent.Parent.Name == player" not "owner" Discern 1007 — 8y
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You simply need to iterate through the table in search for the particular object or value you want to evaluate. You can use any iterator function, which along with a generic for loop would do just what you need.
owner = {"devSchon","Player1"} moderator = {}
for index, value in pairs(owner) do if script.Parent.Parent.Name == value then -- found end end