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Why wont a DataStore array work?
I am working on a ban script, anyway... upon starting the game it gives me this error: ServerScriptService.Script:11: attempt to index local 'banData' (a nil value)
Here is the script:
01 | game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(player) |
02 | print("Loading banData for " .. player.UserId) |
03 |
04 | local dataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService") |
05 | local data = dataStoreService:GetDataStore("banData") |
06 |
07 | local banData = data:GetAsync(player.UserId .. "Data") |
08 |
09 | print("banData loaded for " .. player.UserId) |
10 |
11 | if not banData[1] == "" then |
12 | print("Player " .. player.UserId .. "attemped to join the game, but was kicked.") |
13 | print("Reason: 'You have been banned by " .. banData[1] .. "for " .. banData[2] .. ". Please PM " .. banData[1] .. " to appeal the ban.'") |
14 | player.Kick("You have been banned by " .. banData[1] .. "for " .. banData[2] .. ". Please PM " .. banData[1] .. " to appeal the ban.") |
15 | end |
16 | end) |
The data should look like this
1 | DATA |
2 | > banData |
3 | - 119226470Data |
4 | -{"AlphaGamer150", "Testing"} |
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First time visitors (or anyone who's coming on that isn't banned) to your place won't have anything in banData, so as a result attempting to index it by using banData[1] will result in an error. What you should really do is use the following:
1 | --This comment represents line 10 and before of your code |
2 | if banData then --Using if (object) will evaluate if it exists or not |
3 | --Continue from here |
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Thanks for the help, but @kingdom5 has already helped me, but since you gave the same answer he did, I accepted your answer! AlphaGamer150 101 — 8y