Attempt to concatenate Instance with string

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#1

So um basically while i was making a warn system, and finished it, i came across a error. look to the title

local ws = require(script.Parent.WebhookService)
local url = "no am not giving you my webhook"

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	plr.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)
		local args = msg:split(" ")
		local plruser = args[2]
		local reason = args[3]
		local user = game.Players:FindFirstChild(plruser)
		
		if args[1] == "-warn" and plr:GetRankInGroup(33075577) >= 228 then
			if user.Warns then
				if user.Warns.Value == 3 then
					plr:Kick("You've reached 3 warns.")
				end
				user.Warns.Value += 1
				local fields = {
					{
						['name'] = "Info",
						['value'] = "User: "..plr.Name, "Rank: **"..plr:GetRoleInGroup(33075577).."**",
						['inline'] = true
					},
					{
						['name'] = "Warn Info",
						['value'] = "User Warned "..user.." for "..reason.." Now has "..user.Warns.Value
					}
				}
				ws:createEmbed(url, "WARN", "This is published on 30/10/2023 9:57 pm by **RobloxSupp515**", fields)
			end
		end
	end)
end)
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#2

On what line is the error on? 30 text thing

#3

This could work:

local ws = require(script.Parent.WebhookService)
local url = "no am not giving you my webhook"

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
    plr.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)
        local args = msg:split(" ")
        local plruser = args[2]
        local reason = table.concat(args, " ", 3) -- concatenate all arguments from the 3rd element to the end
        local user = game.Players:FindFirstChild(plruser)

        if args[1] == "-warn" and plr:GetRankInGroup(33075577) >= 228 then
            if user and user:FindFirstChild("Warns") then
                local warns = user.Warns.Value
                if warns == 3 then
                    plr:Kick("You've reached 3 warns.")
                else
                    user.Warns.Value = warns + 1
                    local fields = {
                        {
                            ['name'] = "Info",
                            ['value'] = "User: " .. plr.Name .. "\nRank: **" .. plr:GetRoleInGroup(33075577) .. "**",
                            ['inline'] = true
                        },
                        {
                            ['name'] = "Warn Info",
                            ['value'] = "User Warned " .. user.Name .. " for " .. reason .. "\nNow has " .. user.Warns.Value
                        }
                    }
                    ws:createEmbed(url, "WARN", "This is published on 30/10/2023 9:57 pm by **RobloxSupp515**", fields)
                end
            else
                plr:Kick("User not found or Warns folder not present.")
            end
        end
    end)
end)

Heres what I’ve done:

  1. Concatenated the reason using table.concat to ensure all words after the 3rd argument are combined into a single string.
  2. Added a check for the existence of the user and the Warns folder to avoid errors.
  3. Included line breaks in the “Info” field for better formatting.
  4. Provided a helpful message if the user is not found or the “Warns” folder is missing.
#4

this part of the line, please check cuz this will be very cool for me

#5

the variable user here refers to the actual player instance not a string.

#6

The reason doesn’t show up anymore, can you fix this?

#7

Here:

local ws = require(script.Parent.WebhookService)
local url = "no am not giving you my webhook"

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
    plr.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)
        local args = msg:split(" ")
        local plruser = args[2]
        local reason = table.concat(args, " ", 3)
        local user = game.Players:FindFirstChild(plruser)

        if args[1] == "-warn" and plr:GetRankInGroup(33075577) >= 228 then
            if user and user:FindFirstChild("Warns") then
                local warns = user.Warns.Value
                if warns == 3 then
                    plr:Kick("You've reached 3 warns.")
                else
                    user.Warns.Value = warns + 1
                    local fields = {
                        {
                            ['name'] = "Info",
                            ['value'] = "User: " .. plr.Name .. "\nRank: **" .. plr:GetRoleInGroup(33075577) .. "**",
                            ['inline'] = true
                        },
                        {
                            ['name'] = "Warn Info",
                            ['value'] = "User Warned " .. user.Name .. " for " .. reason .. "\nNow has " .. user.Warns.Value
                        }
                    }
                    ws:createEmbed(url, "WARN", "This is published on 30/10/2023 9:57 pm by **RobloxSupp515**", fields)
                end
            else
                plr:Kick("User not found or Warns folder not present.")
            end
        end
    end)
end)
#8

Would it not just be “user.Name” seeing as user is a Player object grabbed from “game.Players:FindFirstChild(plrusr)”

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#9

seems the same, I tested it and it is still the same.

#10

What was your error? Snapshots please.

#11

Here is the error,

#12

You’re trying to call FindFirstChild but the argument supplemented (plrusr) is nil, so it seems to me like the “args[2]” in your plrusr variable declaration doesn’t exist, and it’s clear to see why. You did “msg:split(” “)” instead of “msg.split(” “)”. So you’ve used : instead of .
Hope this works.

#13

Actually apologies, I’ve looked at this wrong. msg.split is invalid syntax. You’d want "string.split(msg, " “)”

#14

Attempt to concatenate Instance with string.
local user = … – user is defined as a player instance
[‘value’] = "User Warned “…user…” for " etc – user here is an instance
changed to user.Name to get user’s name as a string

#15

Thank you! This works, I hope to see you again.

#16

All good, glad it worked out in the end. Feel free to ping me here if you need any help and I’ll get back to you when I can :+1:

#17

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