[SOLVED] How to access a dictionary in ModuleScripts?

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I'm trying to make a votekick script and I use a modulescript for it, however I can't get it to work. Let's say I have a module script what looks like this:

1local Configuration = {
2["Blacklist"]="blabla"
3}
4return Configuration;

My script detects if the user writes ;votekick to the chat. If a user is blacklisted, he can't votekick, that's why I need to detect it. So in the script:

1local module = require(script.Parent) -- The script is a child of the modulescript 
2--and then under the message detect thing:
3if module.Blacklist[player.Name] == nil then
4    print("yay got 1 vote")
5else
6    print("BLACKLISTEd")
7end

There are no errors, however it always prints yay got 1 vote. I never used modulescript before so I don't know how to do this. Thanks!

Answer

The same way you index a dictionary anywhere else.

`1`	`dictionary[key]`

Whats wrong with your code?

It appears you're trying to index the string "blabla" for player.Name which will not work. Try setting Blacklist to a dictionary its self, and then put the names of the players as the keys for the dictionary, and the value to true or any value with truthiness.

Example:

01--// Module
02 
03local configuration = {
04    blacklist = {
05        ["cowboyemote"] = true
06    }
07}
08 
09return configuration
10 
11--// Script
12 
13local module = require(<module reference>)
14 
15local player = <some player> *(assume its me in this case)*
16 
17if module.blacklist[player.Name] then
18    print(player.Name, "is blacklisted!")
19else
20    print(player.Name, "is not blacklisted!")
21end
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Should have an output of (assuming I'm the player you're checking):

cowboyemote is blacklisted!

Because my name is a key in the blacklist table, and has a truthy value set to the index, the if then statement will continue as true.

What is truthiness?

Truthiness is a property of every datatype. Think of it as a value which identifies whether the object in question really exists.

Somewhat vague answer ):

If you have a variable set to a string "hello" and use an if statement on that variable you will notice the if statement continues. This is because the string is there, it exists.

This means things like nil and false do not have truthiness.

[SOLVED] How to access a dictionary in ModuleScripts?

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Whats wrong with your code?

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What is truthiness?

Somewhat vague answer ):

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