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How do I make it so the script prints the LocalPlayers' name?

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User#6200 10
8 years ago 
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Name --This is the part that doesn't work, but I can't make it work
local playername = game.Workspace:FindFirstChild(player)

if script.Toggled.Value == 1 then

print(playername)

end
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This is fairly basic but I need it for something more complicated User#6200 10 — 8y

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BlueTaslem 18071 Moderation Voter Administrator Community Moderator Super Administrator
8 years ago

In your script, player is in fact that player's name. playername will be nil

If you want their character, you shouldn't be using workspace:FindFirstChild(player). You should just get the player.Character property:

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

local character = player.Character

However, the Character does not load immediately. It will start nil. For a LocalScript, you can :wait() for the .CharacterAdded event to fire:

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

local character = player.CharacterAdded:wait()

In the off chance that the Character loads before the script, this would miss the character. Thus, you could do this:

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character
if player.Character then
    character = player.Character
else
    character = player.CharacterAdded:wait()
end

but that's long and wordy. You can shorten it to simply:

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:wait()

Variable Names

Variable names are really important. You want to pick them well because they let you think about the script.

In your example, player is the name of the player, and playername is the player's character.

That makes no sense. Use meaningful variable names.

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I think there is a misunderstanding. I'm trying to get the name of the localplayer, and this script find the character. Is there anyway that the localplayers name can be found using this? User#6200 10 — 8y
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As I said, what you had was the player's name (just the `player =`, not the `playername`, as I explained). But that's the improper way to get the character. This is the proper way to get the character. BlueTaslem 18071 — 8y
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Answered by
L43Q 48
8 years ago

Is this a local script or a normal script?

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer --This only works in a local script.

If you'd prefer using a normal script, then you could put it in the StarterGui, so when a player joins it would move into their PlayerGui. To find the player, you'd then do:

local player = script.Parent.Parent

Hope this helps :-)

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Answered by
tim7775 0
8 years ago

Put this in a LocalScript

print(game.Players.LocalPlayer.Name)

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