How would I get the nearest player?

Hello, To my knowledge, the easiest way to do this would be to iterate between all players in the game and their characters. Here's an example:

local plrs = game:GetService("Players")

function getClosestPlayer(location) -- Function to get the information. Location is the location to find the closest player from.
    local closestDistance = math.huge -- The closest player distance. This should start at a super big value to make sure all players are under that range, hence I use math.huge (infinity).
    local closestCharacter = nil -- Track the closest character
    for i, player in pairs(plrs:GetPlayers()) do -- Iterate over all players in the game.
        if player.Character then -- Make sure the player has a character.
            local distance = (player.Character-location).magnitude -- Find the distance between the two points. An easier way to calculate the distance formula.
            if distance < closestDistance then -- Is the distance between these two less than the closest distance so far?
                closestDIstance = distance -- Yes! Now set the closestDistance to this distance.
                closestCharacter = player.Character -- Set the closestCharacter to the player's character.
            end
        end
    end
    return closestCharacter, closestDistance
end

-- Example of how to use the function:
local character, distance = getClosestPlayer(Vector3.new(0,0,0) -- Get the closest player to 0,0,0
print(character,distance)

Hope this helps (and hope there aren't any errors, lol).

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