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[2] How to do text manipulation?
Hello!
I am trying to manipulate the text in my ROBLOX UI in Game as follows
Take the username clydedbeast647
I want the script to display on the textlabel: clyded********
Here is my code:
local Username = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Name local Filter = '*' local ExpandTo = (#Username >= 5 and math.random(3,#Username-1) or 3) local Result = Username:sub(1,ExpandTo)..Filter:rep(7) script.Parent.Text = "Welcome back " .. Result
It keeps producing a random amount of *, I don't know how to fix it.
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local Username = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Name
local Filter = '*'
local rand
if #Username-1 > 3 and #Username >= 5 then
rand = math.random(3,#Username-1)
else
rand = 3
end
local ExpandTo = rand
local Result = Username:sub(1,ExpandTo)..Filter:rep(#Username-ExpandTo)
script.Parent.Text = "Welcome back " .. Result
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