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GetPlayers() loop, no Players?
So, I have a for loop that is suppose to get a list of all the players in the game using GetPlayers(), as shown here:
local PlayerList = {}
do
for _,player in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
if player:IsA("Player") then
PlayerList[player] = true
end
end
PlayerAmount = (#PlayerList)
end
However something wasn't working later in the code when I needed PlayerAmount, so for debugging I added this:
print(PlayerAmount)
And it prints 0. Anyone have any idea whats wrong? Any help is appreciated, thanks! :)
And no, it's not disabled. :)
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You can't use # to get the correct number of elements of a table unless:
- The first index is 1,
- The rest of the indices are sequential, and
- None of the values are nil
t = {["this"] = "is", ["a"] = "dictionary"}
print(#t) -- prints 0
t = {[2] = "b"}
print(#t) -- prints 0
t = {[1] = "a", [2] = nil}
print(#t) -- prints 1
t = {[1] = "a", [3] = "c"}
print(#t) -- prints 1
t = {[1] = "a", [2] = "b", [3] = "c"}
print(#t) -- prints 3
Instead of doing PlayerList[player] = true, just do table.insert(PlayerList, player). That way, all indices are guaranteed to be sequential (unless, of course, you're inserting nil).