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How to check if something matches in a table?

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I know how to filter through a tables contents with a loop BUT I am trying to figure out how I will do something like make a WhiteList

What i wanted to do was Destroy a script completely if the user's name wasn't on the WhiteList so therefore they wouldn't be able to use it

This is what i've done so far 

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local WhiteList = {player, user, names, here}

for i,v in pairs(WhiteList) do 
	if player.Name  == v then 
	print('granted') 
	elseif player.Name ~= v then
	script:Destroy()
end
end

This works but it destroys the script even though it hasn't seen if the players name matches any of the other items in the script. How do i make it do it only after it's finished checking, and if it gets a match, it'll keep the script?

Anonymous

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It is better to use the UserId of the player than relying on the name of the player as you can change the name.

Also you do not need to use a for loop to check each player, instead use a key value pair to check if the key exists or nil if the key does not exist.

This is an example only:-

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local lst = {[1540993] = true, [57651089] = true, [1234134] = true, [467223] = true}

if lst[player.UserId] then
	print('plr id found')
else
	print('plr id not found')
	script:Destroy()
end

Hope this helps.

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Telling the script to kill itself. How cruel.

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