Getting a Player from a string shortcut

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#1

I wrote this simple kick script:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(plr)
	plr.Chatted:connect(function(msg)
		local args = msg:split(" ")
		if args[1] == "!kick" then
			if plr:GetRankInGroup(5555641)>= 199 then
			local target = game.Players:FindFirstChild(args[2])
			target:Kick("You have been kicked by a staff member")
			end
		end
		
		
	end)
end)

I want to add to it so that I don’t have to type the user’s full username including caps to get the player. I don’t know how to do this.
For example: !kick Aqveria → !kick Aqv
Any help is appreciated.

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#2

you can use:

for _,Plr in ipairs(game.Players:GetChildren()) do
       if string.sub(Plr.Name,1,#args[2]) == args[2] then
             Plr:Kick("You have been kicked by a staff member"))
       end
end
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#3

Yes, just go through all the players and check if the partial is contained in their name.

local function get_player_from_partial(s)
    s = s:lower() -- Remove this if you want case sensitivity
    for _, player in ipairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do
        if s == player.Name:lower():sub(1, #s) then
            return player
        end
    end
    return nil
end

And as a side note, :connect is deprecated in favour of :Connect

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#4

The issue with that is, it doesn’t only search from the beginning. It can allow in the middle which can cause problems.

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#5

This is what I did, and there is no errors but it isn’t working.

game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(plr)
	plr.Chatted:connect(function(msg)
		local args = msg:split(" ")
		if args[1] == "!kick" then
			if plr:GetRankInGroup(5555641)>= 199 then
			local function get_player_from_partial(s)
    s = s:lower() 
    for _, player in ipairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
        if s == player.Name:lower():sub(1, #s) then
            return player:Kick("Kicked.")
        end
    end
    return nil
end
			end
		end
		
		
	end)
end)

Thanks.

#6

This works, it is just case sensitive. Thank you for your help tho, it pointed me in the right direction.

#7

You need to call the function, and you should define it at the top for reusability otherwise you’re defeating the purpose of functions.

local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local function get_player_from_partial(s)
    s = s:lower() -- Remove this if you want case sensitivity
    for _, player in ipairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do
        if s == player.Name:lower():sub(1, #s) then
            return player
        end
    end
    return nil
end

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
    player.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)
        local args = msg:split(" ")

        if args[1] == "!kick" then
            local target = get_player_from_partial(args[2])
            
            if target then
                target:Kick("You were kicked by a staff member")
            end
        end
    end)
end)
#8

Thank’s for the help. I’m not used to using functions like that. I’m honestly not good at scripting at all. UI is what I’m best at. Thanks for the help.

#9

It shouldn’t be case sensitive since you have:

If what you meant is you want it to be case sensitive, then remove that line.

Edit:

If you mean the “!kick” part is case sensitive, then do:

if args[1]:lower() == "!kick" then

instead of