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How do i name/create variables in-game?

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I've recently been trying to make a script that stores a _G table variable for every player on the server. To do that i need to make sure that every _G instance has a different name so they don't interfere with eachother. So i came up with the excellent idea to use player ID's, But here's the problem. Is there any way to create a variable IN-GAME with a custom name?

Like maybe:

_G.["Table" .. 129265755] = {1,2,3}

But it doesn't work, Is there any other way i could do this?

I'm fairly new to "Advanced" coding so help would be greatly appreciated.

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Remove the dot after _G

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You can make a new index with the player's UserId like this: 

_G.Players = {}

game:GetService("Players").PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	if not _G.Players[player.UserId] then
		_G.Players[player.UserId] = true 
	end
end)

-- And if you want to delete it when they leave: 

game:GetService("Players").PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
	if _G.Players[player.UserId] then
		_G.Players[player.UserId] = nil
	end
end)

Hope this helps

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