Can you have curse words in scripts?

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#36

how would i do this if i want it to be affected to every user though?

#37

Can you tell me more about what you make?

#38

i have a text box, and letters are scattered around the map, you collect the letters and u can fill them into the text box, but i want to filter out the bad words

#39

that mean text that you want to change, that doesn’t typed by player?

#40

No, i want to make it so when a player types a bad word into the text box, it turns into hashtags

#41

then you should replace plr.UserId to player’s UserId who typed.

#42

how would i do this though?
(char limit)

#43

Can I see script that handle typing?

#44 
local TextBox = script.Parent.Parent.TextBox

function onClick(click)
	local inv = click.PlayerGui.Letters.Frame
	local letter = script.Parent.Name
	
	if inv[letter].Amount.Value.Value >= 1 then
		TextBox.SurfaceGui.Frame.TextLabel.Text = TextBox.SurfaceGui.Frame.TextLabel.Text..letter 
		inv[letter].Amount.Value.Value = inv[letter].Amount.Value.Value - 1
	end
end
script.Parent.ClickDetector.MouseClick:connect(onClick)
#45

Is that local script?
(char limit ) )

#46

no, a server sided script
(char)

#47

Can you get player instance who typed?

#48

yes, click is in this case the player

#49

then Click mean player, so

click.UserId
#50

Please take this to PMs. You guys are clogging the post like crazy.

#51

Hello there. So, to answer your initial question, you actually can have bad words in your scripts, but under the condition that they do not show on the client (so a player cannot see them). Read more about this here. Regardless, considering that you are trying to filter text, it is much better that you use the TextService:FilterStringAsync() function as you will be ensuring that you aren’t breaking any ToS. Keep in mind that any bypassers could cause harm to your account and game if you use a custom filter and do not filter properly, hence why most people just use the FilterStringAsync() as the filtering is taken care of by Roblox. All in all, I suggest you stick with the FilterStringAsync() function unless you have a specific reason not to. More information on the usage of the function here. You could also use other filtering functions when appropriate. Here is a resource about text and chat filtering:
https://create.roblox.com/docs/building-and-visuals/ui/text-and-chat-filtering

#52

As long as its used for filter purposes, I think you should be fine, although I highly suggest to use TextService for filtering just like others suggest you to.

DISCLAIMER: I’m not entirely sure if this is true or not, but correct me if it’s wrong.

#53

I did this for my game Talk To A Computer, because I needed the computer to kick the user if they said a bad word.
So yes it is definitely possible to do that except I recommend using string:match(“bad word here”)
because then you can detect a bad word anywhere in the message. For example if someone said “f*** you noob”, your current script would not censor the bad word. But if you use string:match(“f***”) you’d be able to detect the word anywhere in the message.

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