How to have a script read/execute what is in a text box?

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#1

I’m trying to make a script read what is in a text box, to activate or do a task.

For example, I type “add part” in a text box, press enter, and it puts a part (with specific properties like size, color, or material) in a specific location.

I haven’t found a way to do this though, and I’m posting here just to see if anyone knows an easy method for doing this.

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#2

Are you making a command system within the textbox? if so, you can probably check by seeing if the text and the string “add part” matches up.

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#3

Initially, I thought of a script outside of the GUI, that checks what is entered in the text box, and if the text correlates with something in the script (checking for “add part” for example), then it goes to the script if it does.

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#4

Why not make another UI textbutton that when pressed, can check whats entered in the textbox.

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#5

Is it possible to make pressing the Enter key to check what’s entered?

(reason is so it doesn’t automatically execute a function when typing something)

#6

for me i havent tried, i usually use a button to check whatever is in the textbox since its more easier, you can probably use the players inputs to check though.

#7

I have this script I used a bit ago but doesn’t work.

local text = script.Parent

text.InputChanged:Connect(function()
	local input = string.lower(tostring(text.Text))
	if input == "hi" or input:find("hi") then
		print("works")
	end
end)

Pretty sure it’s supposed to find the text and check if it says “hi”, then print “works”, but it doesn’t print anything.

#8

you could try finding a script that uses string.match. theres plenty of references on the devforum.

#9

I attempted to use string.match in a way, didn’t work.

local text = script.Parent

text.InputChanged:Connect(function()
	local input = string.lower(tostring(text.Text))
	local match = string.match(input, "hi")
	if match then
		print("works")
	end
end)
#10 
local thatthingyourtryingtofindinyourstring = "thisisthethingimtryingtofind"

if string.match("hi", thatthingyourtryingtofindinyourstring) then
print("i have found the thing i was trying to find in my string")
end

now obviously this wouldnt print anything because of the “thatthingyourtryingtofindinyourstring”'s string doesnt match with “hi”.

#11

Doesn’t work

local text = script.Parent

text.InputChanged:Connect(function()
	local input = text.Text

	if string.match("hi", input) then
		print("works")
	end
end)

(not sure if I did this correctly)