I created a custom chat, how do I use string manipulation to convert text into emoji?
Examples:
: P = 
I like to walk : ) = I like to walk 
Thanks!
(If there’s no auto convert feature, I can make my own dictionary)
If you use emojis in a string, it works btw
Doesn’t work :C No errors, but it just doesn’t convert
Local Script if you want
game.StarterGui:SetCoreGuiEnabled(Enum.CoreGuiType.Chat, false)
local colors = {'Brown'}
local convTable = {
[":P"] = "tongueEmojiHere",
[":)"] = "smileEmojiHere",
-- etc
}
math.randomseed(os.time())
math.random()
math.random()
math.random()
math.random()
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local nameColor = BrickColor.new(colors[math.random(1, #colors)]).Color
local messageColor = BrickColor.new('Institutional white').Color
local messageBox = script.Parent:WaitForChild('InputFrame'):FindFirstChild('MessageBox')
local UIS = game:GetService('UserInputService')
local event = game:GetService('ReplicatedStorage'):WaitForChild('Chatted')
if player.Name == 'astrelly' then
nameColor = BrickColor.new('Gold').Color
end
function onInput(Input, GPE)
if GPE then return end
if Input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Slash then
messageBox:CaptureFocus()
end
end
function onFocus()
if messageBox.Text == 'Press \'/\' to type a message...' then
messageBox.Text = ''
end
end
function onFocusLost(EnterPressed)
if EnterPressed then
if messageBox.Text ~= '' then
event:FireServer(nameColor, messageBox.Text, messageColor)
messageBox.Text = 'Press \'/\' to type a message...'
else
messageBox.Text = 'Press \'/\' to type a message...'
end
else
if messageBox.Text == '' then
messageBox.Text = 'Press \'/\' to type a message...'
end
end
end
function addLine(message, Label)
local chatBox = script.Parent:FindFirstChild('Frame')
local newMessage = Instance.new('Frame', chatBox)
newMessage.Size = UDim2.new(1, -10, 0, 20)
newMessage.Position = UDim2.new(0, 5, 1, -25)
newMessage.BackgroundTransparency = 1
newMessage.ClipsDescendants = true
local lineMessage = ''
while Label.TextFits == false do
lineMessage = string.sub(message, -1) .. lineMessage
message = string.sub(message, 1, string.len(message) - 1)
Label.Text = message
end
for _, oldMessage in pairs (chatBox:GetChildren()) do
if oldMessage ~= newMessage then
oldMessage.Position = oldMessage.Position + UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, -newMessage.AbsoluteSize.Y + 5)
end
end
local messageLabel = Instance.new('TextLabel', newMessage)
messageLabel.BackgroundTransparency = 1
messageLabel.Font = 'Cartoon'
messageLabel.TextColor3 = messageColor
messageLabel.FontSize = 'Size18'
messageLabel.TextXAlignment = 'Left'
messageLabel.TextStrokeTransparency = 0
messageLabel.TextStrokeColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(102, 102, 102)
for i,p in pairs(convTable) do
messageLabel.Text = lineMessage:gsub(i,p)
end
messageLabel.Size = UDim2.new(1, -10, 0, 20)
messageLabel.Position = UDim2.new(0, 5, 0, 0)
local LineTag = Instance.new('StringValue', messageLabel.Parent)
LineTag.Name = 'LineTag'
local LineTag2 =Instance.new('StringValue', Label.Parent)
LineTag2.Name = 'LineTag'
if messageLabel.TextFits ~= true then
addLine(lineMessage, messageLabel)
print('addingling')
else
for _, oldMessage in pairs (chatBox:GetChildren()) do
if not oldMessage:FindFirstChild('LineTag') then
oldMessage.Position = oldMessage.Position + UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, -newMessage.AbsoluteSize.Y + 5)
end
end
end
LineTag:Destroy()
LineTag2:Destroy()
end
function onEvent(sender, nameColor, message, messageColor)
local chatBox = script.Parent:FindFirstChild('Frame')
local newMessage = Instance.new('Frame', chatBox)
newMessage.Size = UDim2.new(1, -10, 0, 20)
newMessage.Position = UDim2.new(0, 5, 1, -25)
newMessage.BackgroundTransparency = 1
newMessage.ClipsDescendants = true
local nameLabel = Instance.new('TextLabel', newMessage)
nameLabel.BackgroundTransparency = 1
nameLabel.Font = 'Cartoon'
nameLabel.TextColor3 = nameColor
nameLabel.FontSize = 'Size18'
nameLabel.TextXAlignment = 'Left'
nameLabel.Text = '[' .. sender.Name .. ']:'
nameLabel.Size = UDim2.new(0, nameLabel.TextBounds.X + 5, 0, 20)
nameLabel.TextStrokeTransparency = 1
local messageLabel = Instance.new('TextLabel', newMessage)
messageLabel.BackgroundTransparency = 1
messageLabel.Font = 'Cartoon'
messageLabel.TextColor3 = messageColor
messageLabel.FontSize = 'Size18'
messageLabel.TextXAlignment = 'Left'
messageLabel.Text = message
messageLabel.Size = UDim2.new(1, -nameLabel.AbsoluteSize.X, 0, 20)
messageLabel.Position = nameLabel.Position + UDim2.new(0, nameLabel.AbsoluteSize.X, 0, 0)
messageLabel.TextStrokeTransparency = 0
messageLabel.TextStrokeColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(102, 102, 102)
if messageLabel.TextFits ~= true then
addLine(message, messageLabel)
else
for _, oldMessage in pairs (chatBox:GetChildren()) do
if oldMessage ~= newMessage then
oldMessage.Position = oldMessage.Position + UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, -newMessage.AbsoluteSize.Y + 5)
end
end
end
end
UIS.InputBegan:connect(onInput)
event.OnClientEvent:connect(onEvent)
messageBox.Focused:connect(onFocus)
messageBox.FocusLost:connect(onFocusLost)
It seems like you didn’t change the table @Flubberlutsch provided to you, unless that was intentional. You will need to paste the emojis where he said tongueEmojiHere, and smileEmojiHere.
Just some advice, but rather than doing
math.randomseed(os.time())
math.random()
math.random()
math.random()
math.random()
you should utilize the new Random class, which is guaranteed to provide a different number each time.
I was just testing it, and keep other topics to that topic. thanks for the advice anyways
It was related, but okay. Try this.
game.StarterGui:SetCoreGuiEnabled(Enum.CoreGuiType.Chat, false)
local colors = {'Brown'}
local convTable = {
[":P"] = "tongueEmojiHere",
[":)"] = "smileEmojiHere",
-- etc
}
math.randomseed(os.time())
math.random()
math.random()
math.random()
math.random()
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local nameColor = BrickColor.new(colors[math.random(1, #colors)]).Color
local messageColor = BrickColor.new('Institutional white').Color
local messageBox = script.Parent:WaitForChild('InputFrame'):FindFirstChild('MessageBox')
local UIS = game:GetService('UserInputService')
local event = game:GetService('ReplicatedStorage'):WaitForChild('Chatted')
if player.Name == 'astrelly' then
nameColor = BrickColor.new('Gold').Color
end
function onInput(Input, GPE)
if GPE then return end
if Input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Slash then
messageBox:CaptureFocus()
end
end
function onFocus()
if messageBox.Text == 'Press \'/\' to type a message...' then
messageBox.Text = ''
end
end
function onFocusLost(EnterPressed)
if EnterPressed then
if messageBox.Text ~= '' then
event:FireServer(nameColor, messageBox.Text, messageColor)
messageBox.Text = 'Press \'/\' to type a message...'
else
messageBox.Text = 'Press \'/\' to type a message...'
end
else
if messageBox.Text == '' then
messageBox.Text = 'Press \'/\' to type a message...'
end
end
end
function addLine(message, Label)
local chatBox = script.Parent:FindFirstChild('Frame')
local newMessage = Instance.new('Frame', chatBox)
newMessage.Size = UDim2.new(1, -10, 0, 20)
newMessage.Position = UDim2.new(0, 5, 1, -25)
newMessage.BackgroundTransparency = 1
newMessage.ClipsDescendants = true
local lineMessage = ''
while Label.TextFits == false do
lineMessage = string.sub(message, -1) .. lineMessage
message = string.sub(message, 1, string.len(message) - 1)
Label.Text = message
end
for _, oldMessage in pairs (chatBox:GetChildren()) do
if oldMessage ~= newMessage then
oldMessage.Position = oldMessage.Position + UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, -newMessage.AbsoluteSize.Y + 5)
end
end
local messageLabel = Instance.new('TextLabel', newMessage)
messageLabel.BackgroundTransparency = 1
messageLabel.Font = 'Cartoon'
messageLabel.TextColor3 = messageColor
messageLabel.FontSize = 'Size18'
messageLabel.TextXAlignment = 'Left'
messageLabel.TextStrokeTransparency = 0
messageLabel.TextStrokeColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(102, 102, 102)
for input,emoji in next, convTable do
messageLabel.Text = message:gsub(input, emoji)
end
messageLabel.Size = UDim2.new(1, -10, 0, 20)
messageLabel.Position = UDim2.new(0, 5, 0, 0)
local LineTag = Instance.new('StringValue', messageLabel.Parent)
LineTag.Name = 'LineTag'
local LineTag2 =Instance.new('StringValue', Label.Parent)
LineTag2.Name = 'LineTag'
if messageLabel.TextFits ~= true then
addLine(lineMessage, messageLabel)
print('addingling')
else
for _, oldMessage in pairs (chatBox:GetChildren()) do
if not oldMessage:FindFirstChild('LineTag') then
oldMessage.Position = oldMessage.Position + UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, -newMessage.AbsoluteSize.Y + 5)
end
end
end
LineTag:Destroy()
LineTag2:Destroy()
end
function onEvent(sender, nameColor, message, messageColor)
local chatBox = script.Parent:FindFirstChild('Frame')
local newMessage = Instance.new('Frame', chatBox)
newMessage.Size = UDim2.new(1, -10, 0, 20)
newMessage.Position = UDim2.new(0, 5, 1, -25)
newMessage.BackgroundTransparency = 1
newMessage.ClipsDescendants = true
local nameLabel = Instance.new('TextLabel', newMessage)
nameLabel.BackgroundTransparency = 1
nameLabel.Font = 'Cartoon'
nameLabel.TextColor3 = nameColor
nameLabel.FontSize = 'Size18'
nameLabel.TextXAlignment = 'Left'
nameLabel.Text = '[' .. sender.Name .. ']:'
nameLabel.Size = UDim2.new(0, nameLabel.TextBounds.X + 5, 0, 20)
nameLabel.TextStrokeTransparency = 1
local messageLabel = Instance.new('TextLabel', newMessage)
messageLabel.BackgroundTransparency = 1
messageLabel.Font = 'Cartoon'
messageLabel.TextColor3 = messageColor
messageLabel.FontSize = 'Size18'
messageLabel.TextXAlignment = 'Left'
for input,emoji in next, convTable do -- replace text with emojis
messageLabel.Text = message:gsub(input, emoji)
end
messageLabel.Text = message
messageLabel.Size = UDim2.new(1, -nameLabel.AbsoluteSize.X, 0, 20)
messageLabel.Position = nameLabel.Position + UDim2.new(0, nameLabel.AbsoluteSize.X, 0, 0)
messageLabel.TextStrokeTransparency = 0
messageLabel.TextStrokeColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(102, 102, 102)
if messageLabel.TextFits ~= true then
addLine(message, messageLabel)
else
for _, oldMessage in pairs (chatBox:GetChildren()) do
if oldMessage ~= newMessage then
oldMessage.Position = oldMessage.Position + UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, -newMessage.AbsoluteSize.Y + 5)
end
end
end
end
UIS.InputBegan:connect(onInput)
event.OnClientEvent:connect(onEvent)
messageBox.Focused:connect(onFocus)
messageBox.FocusLost:connect(onFocusLost)
Didn’t know about that one. Thanks!
This is actually really simple you can do this with a few lines. I’ll explain how.
So first of you will need one thing, a thing module of emojis that can be converted.
Here is what I use to check what emoji is what. Here is the model from Roblox.
Now here is the code that will convert the message piece that has an emoji into an emoji.
Message = string.gsub(Message, "(:[%w_]+:)", function (a) return EmojiList[a] or a end)
Just make the message become that before it is sent in the chat. EmojiList is just local EmojiList = require(script:WaitForChild("EmojiList")) in my script. Now you’re done! You should have emojis. Now obviously you may not want the EmojiList i’ve given from the model so here is an example list you can use.
local EmojiList = {
{":)", "😃"},
}
for i, v in ipairs(EmojiList) do
EmojiList[v[1]] = v[2]
end
return EmojiList
Once you’ve done all this you’re done. So if you used my example in the chat if you said “Hello :)” it would become “Hello 
”, or if you used the model I provided, saying “Hello :smile:” it would become “Hello ”
Credit to @FearMeIAmLag because the entire EmojiList model was taken off of him.
I also went ahead and updated your existing code for you.
Here is the code:
game.StarterGui:SetCoreGuiEnabled(Enum.CoreGuiType.Chat, false)
local colors = {'Brown'}
local convTable = require(script.List)
math.randomseed(os.time())
math.random()
math.random()
math.random()
math.random()
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local nameColor = BrickColor.new(colors[math.random(1, #colors)]).Color
local messageColor = BrickColor.new('Institutional white').Color
local messageBox = script.Parent:WaitForChild('InputFrame'):FindFirstChild('MessageBox')
local UIS = game:GetService('UserInputService')
local event = game:GetService('ReplicatedStorage'):WaitForChild('Chatted')
if player.Name == 'astrelly' then
nameColor = BrickColor.new('Gold').Color
end
function onInput(Input, GPE)
if GPE then return end
if Input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Slash then
messageBox:CaptureFocus()
end
end
function onFocus()
if messageBox.Text == 'Press \'/\' to type a message...' then
messageBox.Text = ''
end
end
function onFocusLost(EnterPressed)
if EnterPressed then
if messageBox.Text ~= '' then
event:FireServer(nameColor, messageBox.Text, messageColor)
messageBox.Text = 'Press \'/\' to type a message...'
else
messageBox.Text = 'Press \'/\' to type a message...'
end
else
if messageBox.Text == '' then
messageBox.Text = 'Press \'/\' to type a message...'
end
end
end
function addLine(message, Label)
local chatBox = script.Parent:FindFirstChild('Frame')
local newMessage = Instance.new('Frame', chatBox)
newMessage.Size = UDim2.new(1, -10, 0, 20)
newMessage.Position = UDim2.new(0, 5, 1, -25)
newMessage.BackgroundTransparency = 1
newMessage.ClipsDescendants = true
local lineMessage = ''
while Label.TextFits == false do
lineMessage = string.sub(message, -1) .. lineMessage
message = string.sub(message, 1, string.len(message) - 1)
Label.Text = message
end
for _, oldMessage in pairs (chatBox:GetChildren()) do
if oldMessage ~= newMessage then
oldMessage.Position = oldMessage.Position + UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, -newMessage.AbsoluteSize.Y + 5)
end
end
local messageLabel = Instance.new('TextLabel', newMessage)
messageLabel.BackgroundTransparency = 1
messageLabel.Font = 'Cartoon'
messageLabel.TextColor3 = messageColor
messageLabel.FontSize = 'Size18'
messageLabel.TextXAlignment = 'Left'
messageLabel.TextStrokeTransparency = 0
messageLabel.TextStrokeColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(102, 102, 102)
for i,p in pairs(convTable) do
messageLabel.Text = lineMessage:gsub(i,p)
end
messageLabel.Size = UDim2.new(1, -10, 0, 20)
messageLabel.Position = UDim2.new(0, 5, 0, 0)
local LineTag = Instance.new('StringValue', messageLabel.Parent)
LineTag.Name = 'LineTag'
local LineTag2 =Instance.new('StringValue', Label.Parent)
LineTag2.Name = 'LineTag'
if messageLabel.TextFits ~= true then
addLine(lineMessage, messageLabel)
print('addingling')
else
for _, oldMessage in pairs (chatBox:GetChildren()) do
if not oldMessage:FindFirstChild('LineTag') then
oldMessage.Position = oldMessage.Position + UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, -newMessage.AbsoluteSize.Y + 5)
end
end
end
LineTag:Destroy()
LineTag2:Destroy()
end
function onEvent(sender, nameColor, message, messageColor)
local chatBox = script.Parent:FindFirstChild('Frame')
local newMessage = Instance.new('Frame', chatBox)
newMessage.Size = UDim2.new(1, -10, 0, 20)
newMessage.Position = UDim2.new(0, 5, 1, -25)
newMessage.BackgroundTransparency = 1
newMessage.ClipsDescendants = true
local nameLabel = Instance.new('TextLabel', newMessage)
nameLabel.BackgroundTransparency = 1
nameLabel.Font = 'Cartoon'
nameLabel.TextColor3 = nameColor
nameLabel.FontSize = 'Size18'
nameLabel.TextXAlignment = 'Left'
nameLabel.Text = '[' .. sender.Name .. ']:'
nameLabel.Size = UDim2.new(0, nameLabel.TextBounds.X + 5, 0, 20)
nameLabel.TextStrokeTransparency = 1
local messageLabel = Instance.new('TextLabel', newMessage)
messageLabel.BackgroundTransparency = 1
messageLabel.Font = 'Cartoon'
messageLabel.TextColor3 = messageColor
messageLabel.FontSize = 'Size18'
messageLabel.TextXAlignment = 'Left'
messageLabel.Text = string.gsub(message, "(:[%w_]+:)", function (a) return convTable[a] or a end)
messageLabel.Size = UDim2.new(1, -nameLabel.AbsoluteSize.X, 0, 20)
messageLabel.Position = nameLabel.Position + UDim2.new(0, nameLabel.AbsoluteSize.X, 0, 0)
messageLabel.TextStrokeTransparency = 0
messageLabel.TextStrokeColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(102, 102, 102)
if messageLabel.TextFits ~= true then
addLine(message, messageLabel)
else
for _, oldMessage in pairs (chatBox:GetChildren()) do
if oldMessage ~= newMessage then
oldMessage.Position = oldMessage.Position + UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, -newMessage.AbsoluteSize.Y + 5)
end
end
end
end
UIS.InputBegan:connect(onInput)
event.OnClientEvent:connect(onEvent)
messageBox.Focused:connect(onFocus)
messageBox.FocusLost:connect(onFocusLost)
The convTable variable was switched to require(script.List), that is just the example list I gave in my above reply. If you’d like to take the code I updated in studio here it is on Roblox. The model: https://www.roblox.com/catalog/01916705841/redirect
Thanks! I’ll check it out soon
I made a system for this
I store the emojis in a module:
local module = {
{["Pattern"] = "/shrug", ["Emoji"] = "¯%\_(ツ)_/¯"},
{["Pattern"] = ":eye:", ["Emoji"] = "👁️"},
{["Pattern"] = ":eyes:", ["Emoji"] = "👀"},
{["Pattern"] = ":fire:", ["Emoji"] = "🔥"},
{["Pattern"] = ":100:", ["Emoji"] = "💯"},
{["Pattern"] = ":thinking:", ["Emoji"] = "🤔"},
{["Pattern"] = ":ok_hand:", ["Emoji"] = "👌"},
{["Pattern"] = ":hug:", ["Emoji"] = "🤗"},
{["Pattern"] = ">:%)", ["Emoji"] = "😈"},
{["Pattern"] = ">:%(", ["Emoji"] = "😠"},
{["Pattern"] = "B%)", ["Emoji"] = "😎"},
{["Pattern"] = ":%)", ["Emoji"] = "🙂"},
{["Pattern"] = ":/", ["Emoji"] = "😕"},
{["Pattern"] = ":%(", ["Emoji"] = "🙁"},
{["Pattern"] = "':D", ["Emoji"] = "😅"},
{["Pattern"] = ":D", ["Emoji"] = "😄"},
{["Pattern"] = ":[oO]+", ["Emoji"] = "😮"},
{["Pattern"] = ":P%$", ["Emoji"] = "🤑"},
{["Pattern"] = ":P", ["Emoji"] = "😛"},
{["Pattern"] = ";P", ["Emoji"] = "😜"},
{["Pattern"] = ":[xX]+", ["Emoji"] = "🤐"},
{["Pattern"] = "%._%.", ["Emoji"] = "😐"},
{["Pattern"] = ">_>", ["Emoji"] = "😒"},
{["Pattern"] = "<_<", ["Emoji"] = "😒"},
{["Pattern"] = "%-_%-", ["Emoji"] = "😑"},
{["Pattern"] = "x_x", ["Emoji"] = "😵"},
}
return module
And then I use this to apply these to the actual text
local emojis = require(script.EmojiModule)
function emojifi(s)
for i = 1,#emojis do
s = string.gsub(s,emojis[i]["Pattern"],emojis[i]["Emoji"])
end
return s
end
thanks!