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How to get list of object properties?

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7 years ago

Im making plugin that gets selected object propertie's and pastes them into script, so that you don't have to specify every single property manually in script, it already writes all the objects properties for you and you only change what you want later manually in script.

Problem how could i loop through objects properties and get all it's properties names as string values and just print them out?

I looked through forums and found :GetProperties(), but it doesn't seem to work.

3 answers

Answered by

Validark 1580

6 years ago

Edited 6 years ago

I recently needed a function to get a table of properties of Objects, so I wrote this function. Here you go :D

01local ClassProperties do
02    -- ClassProperties is a Dictionary of sorted arrays of Properties of Classes
03    -- Pulls from anaminus.github.io
04    -- Ignores deprecated and RobloxPluginSecurity Properties
05    -- Make sure HttpService is Enabled (Roblox Studio -> Home Tab -> Game Settings -> Security -> Allow HTTP requests = "On")
06 
07    ClassProperties = {}
08    local HttpService = game:GetService("HttpService")
09 
10    local Data = HttpService:JSONDecode(HttpService:GetAsync("https://anaminus.github.io/rbx/json/api/latest.json"))
11 
12    for i = 1, #Data do
13        local Table = Data[i]
14        local Type = Table.type
15 
16        if Type == "Class" then
17            local ClassData = {}
18 
19            local Superclass = ClassProperties[Table.Superclass]
20 
21            if Superclass then
22                for j = 1, #Superclass do
23                    ClassData[j] = Superclass[j]
24                end
25            end
26 
27            ClassProperties[Table.Name] = ClassData
28        elseif Type == "Property" then
29            if not next(Table.tags) then
30                local Class = ClassProperties[Table.Class]
31                local Property = Table.Name
32                local Inserted
33 
34                for j = 1, #Class do
35                    if Property < Class[j] then -- Determine whether `Property` precedes `Class[j]` alphabetically
36                        Inserted = true
37                        table.insert(Class, j, Property)
38                        break
39                    end
40                end
41 
42                if not Inserted then
43                    table.insert(Class, Property)
44                end
45            end
46        elseif Type == "Function" then
47        elseif Type == "YieldFunction" then
48        elseif Type == "Event" then
49        elseif Type == "Callback" then
50        elseif Type == "Enum" then
51        elseif Type == "EnumItem" then
52        end
53    end
54end
55 
56table.foreach(ClassProperties["Part"], print)
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Answered by

123marble 61

7 years ago

There is a model for this. Just follow the instructions in the description.

https://www.roblox.com/library/59938771/GetProperties-function

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Answered by

OfcPedroo 396

7 years ago

:GetProperties doesn't work...

There's a way, though, to actually get them; Tho it takes lots of time ;I

This is a working, print example (in a regular script):

01game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(player)
02--Get Part's properties...
03    local Part = game.Workspace.Part
04    local BrickColor = Part.BrickColor
05    local Color = Part.Color
06    local Material = Part.Material
07    local Reflectance = Part.Reflectance
08    local Transparency = Part.Transparency
09    local ClassName = Part.ClassName
10    local Name = Part.Name
11    local Orientation = Part.Orientation
12    local Parent = Part.Parent
13    local Position = Part.Position
14    local RotVelocity = Part.RotVelocity
15    local Velocity = Part.Velocity
16    local Anchored = Part.Anchored
17    local Archivable = Part.Archivable
18    local CanCollide = Part.CanCollide
19    local CollisionGroupId = Part.CollisionGroupId
20    local Locked = Part.Locked
21    local CustomPhysicalProperties = Part.CustomPhysicalProperties
22    local Shape = Part.Shape
23    local Size = Part.Size
24 
25--Print whatever you want (as an example)
26    print(Size)
27    print(tonumber(Position) + tonumber(Position))
28    print(Archivable)
29end)
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Yes, there's at least by now no automated solution...

If this takes out your doubts, then mark as the solution please.

As always, good scripting.

thanks bro iuclds 720 — 4y

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