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How to string.find a specific player?
I know you can only do this with strings but is there a way to find a player from someone typing their name partially?
Is there a way to format a list of all the players as a string and then find the one you need
For example:
1 | string = {player1,player2} |
2 | string.find(string,1) |
3 | print(the value with '1' in it) |
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use string.match() User#23365 30 — 6y
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what do you mean by typing in, the user typing in chat or in a textbox? User#23365 30 — 6y
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I mean in a text box which then changes a value to the text they typed. Scaii_0 145 — 6y
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finding a way to find a player by partial is relatively easy:
01 | function findPlayer(msg) |
02 | local msg = msg:lower() |
03 | for _, v in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do |
04 | local name = v.Name:lower():sub(0, msg:len()) |
05 | if name == msg then |
06 | return v |
07 | end |
08 | end |
09 | return nil |
10 | end |
This works in the example:
01 | function findPlayer(msg) |
02 | local msg = msg:lower() |
03 | for _, v in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do |
04 | local name = v.Name:lower():sub(0, msg:len()) |
05 | if name == msg then |
06 | return v |
07 | end |
08 | end |
09 | return nil |
10 | end |
11 |
12 | game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player) |
13 | player.Chatted:Connect(function(msg) |
14 | print(findPlayer(msg).Name) |
15 | end) |
16 | end) |
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if you wish to make this compatible with a table change "game.Players:GetPlayers())" to the table name and change v.Name to just v Potatofoox 129 — 6y
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you can use string.match() to find a specific character or word inside a string. Such as this example:
01 | --client |
02 | local TextBox = script.Parent -- lets say the script was located inside the textbox |
03 |
04 | TextBox:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Text"):Connect(function() |
05 | for _,player in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do |
06 | local lower = string.lower(TextBox.Text) |
07 | local lowerplayer = string.lower(player.Name) |
08 |
09 | if string.match(lowerplayer,lower) then -- if the player name has a word or letter inside the string then |
10 | print(player.Name) -- prints the player's name |
11 | end |
12 | end |
13 | end) |
string.lower() turns the string specified letters to lowercase, since string.match() also includes capital and lowercase letters too. :GetPropertyChangedSignal() fires when the property inside the parentheses changes.