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Is there a far more simpler way to do this?

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Foridex 46

7 years ago

Edited 7 years ago

01local tbox = script.Parent.t4
02local nbox = script.Parent.t5
03local name = script.Parent.PName
04local qt = script.Parent.Quote
05 
06name.Text = "Unknown"
07wait()
08qt.Text = "H"
09wait()
10qt.Text = "He"
11wait()
12qt.Text = "Hel"
13wait()
14qt.Text = "Hell"
15wait()
16qt.Text = "Hello"
17wait()
18qt.Text = "Hello t"
19wait()
20qt.Text = "Hello th"
21wait()
22qt.Text = "Hello the"
23wait()
24qt.Text = "Hello ther"
25wait()
26qt.Text = "Hello there"
27wait()
28qt.Text = "Hello there."
29wait()
30qt.Text = "Hello there. T"
31wait()
32qt.Text = "Hello there. Th"
33wait()
34qt.Text = "Hello there. The"
35wait()
36qt.Text = "Hello there. The n"
37wait()
38qt.Text = "Hello there. The na"
39wait()
40qt.Text = "Hello there. The nam"
41wait()
42qt.Text = "Hello there. The name"
43wait()
44qt.Text = "Hello there. The names"
45wait()
46qt.Text = "Hello there. The names T"
47wait()
48qt.Text = "Hello there. The names To"
49wait()
50qt.Text = "Hello there. The names Tom"
51wait()
52qt.Text = "Hello there. The names Tom."
53wait()
54name.Text = "T"
55wait()
56name.Text = "To"
57wait()
58name.Text = "Tom"
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Any idea?

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Answered by

robloxianmirror 57

7 years ago

Edited 7 years ago

I would say use string.sub this should take the string into parts for example:

`1`	`print( string.sub("Hi Mom!",` `1,` `4) )`

`2`	`print( string.sub("Hi Mom!",` `2) )`

would output: "Hi M" "i Mom"

For your problem I would suggest using a for loop like this:

1v = string.len("Hello there. The name's Tom.")
2 
3for i = 1, v do
4qt.text = string.sub("Hello there. The name's Tom.", 1, i)
5wait()
6end

(string.len just counts the characters in a string)

That should work as a more compact way.

Alright, I've tested it and it works. Have fun! robloxianmirror 57 — 7y

Answered by

Rare_tendo 3000

7 years ago

01function animatetext(obj,text)
02       for i = 1, #text do
03              obj.Text = text:sub(1,i)
04              wait()
05       end
06end)
07 
08local qt = script.Parent.Quote
09local name = script.Parent.PName
10 
11animatetext(name, 'Tom')
12animatetext(qt, "Hello there, the name's Tom")

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