How can I insert a value with a bool value into a table?
Alright I've got a table of players that are banned for my game
local banned = {["Player1"] = true,["LucarioZombie"] = true}
I've made an anti-exploit script and I can't seem to add a player to the ban list. I've tried so many methods. So many errors. I just cant add the bool value along with the players name. Say that I wish to add Telamon to the ban list and try by
table.insert(banned,"Telamon" = true)
table.insert(banned,["Telamon"] = true)
table.insert(banned,["Telamon" = true])
table.insert(banned,"Telamon", true)
table.insert(banned,"Telamon" == true)
banned = banned + {["Telamon"] = true}
But that only adds the player name without the true/false value. My checker goes by
1 | if banned[player.Name] == true then |
2 | player:Kick("Ha! Loser") |
3 | end |
Say that I wish to add Telamon to the ban list and try by
How can I turn my array banned from this;
local banned = {["LucarioZombie"] = false}
to
local banned = {["LucarioZombie"] = false, ["Telamon"] = true}
1 answer
I think what you're looking for is how to make a dictionary and how to use table.insert
https://www.robloxdev.com/articles/Table#Dictionaries
Dictionaries use keys rather than indices, which means they can't be sorted like normal tables.
This would be a valid dictionary:
1 | local banned = { |
2 | ["Builderman"] = false, |
3 | ["Telamon"] = true |
4 | } |
But inserting using table.insert would not be easy. I'll try to walk through why each attempt was not successful.
1 - table.insert(banned,"Telamon" = true)
2 - table.insert(banned,["Telamon"] = true)
1 and 2 are the same, but 1 uses sugar syntax which is possible for your convenience. Table.insert has two parameters: the table, and the value you are inserting. Telamon=true is a statement, so you unfortunately can't insert it as if it were a value.
3 - table.insert(banned,["Telamon" = true])
This isn't exactly when you would want square brackets (not that you necessarily need them thanks to sugar syntax)
4 - table.insert(banned,"Telamon", true)
This sends three values when table.insert only has two parameters.
5 - table.insert(banned,"Telamon" == true)
== is for checking for a condition. You can think of it like this: x = 1 means "x equals 1" (you're setting it), while if x == 2 then reads "if x is equal to 2 then" (you're checking it)
6- banned = banned + {["Telamon"] = true}
It appears that this is an attempt to concatenate a table with a dictionary, which wouldn't exactly work. String concatenation such as string1 .. string2 works, and arithmetic such as number1 + number2 works, but this would not.
So instead, here's a method that would work:
01 | local banned = {"Builderman", "Telamon", "Shedletsky"} |
02 |
03 | --If you want to print everyone in the list, you can use a generic (non numeric) for loop: |
04 |
05 | function listBannedPlayers() |
06 | print("Banned players:"); |
07 | for i,v in pairs(banned) do |
08 | print(v) -- Prints Builderman, then Telamon, then Shedletsky |
09 | end |
10 | end |
11 | -- If you want to add someone, you can simply do this: |
12 |
13 | table.insert(banned,"Sorcus") |
14 |
15 | -- If you want to remove someone, you can simply iterate through it, check if the value equals their name, and remove them from the position |
If you have any questions comment below, if this was helpful please mark it correct or upvote Hope this helps!
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