Help with storing a players usernames

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I have a script that’s a timer-ish I have a way to store a username in a string, but when I try to get it again I cant, any help?
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This is storing the name

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And I cant seem to get it back

Here is the whole script,

local cd = false
script.Parent.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function(player)
	if cd == false then
		cd = true
		local char = workspace:WaitForChild(player.Name)
		script.Parent.plrname.Value = char.Name  -- store username here
		script.Parent.Value.Value = 200
		char.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame = CFrame.new(909.51, 7.877, -246.11)
		wait(1)
		local timelimit = script.Parent.Value
		while timelimit.Value >= 1 do
			wait(0.5)
			timelimit.Value = timelimit.Value - 1 
		end
		if timelimit.Value == 0 or 1 then
			workspace:WaitForChild(script.Parent.plrname.Value):FindFirstChild("Humanoid").Health = 0 -- error getting the username here
			cd = false

		end
		
		
	end
end)
2

Is the object you are storing the player’s name inside a Stringvalue?

3

Yes its inside a stringvalue named “plrname”
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4

do you need in other scripts or just this script?
if you want it in this script only why not use a local variable instead?

5

I only need it in this script, I never thought about using a local variable though.

6

you can add an empty variable before the click detector event and give it the player’s name when needed

 local player
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local cd = false
local timerStart = 200
script.Parent.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function(player)
	if cd then return end
	cd = true
	local char = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
	local humanoid = char:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
	local root = char:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
	if not humanoid or not root or not char then cd = false return end
	root.CFrame = CFrame.new(909.51, 7.877, -246.11)
	wait(1)
	local timer = timerStart
	while timer >= 1 do
		wait(0.5)
		timer -= 1
	end
	humanoid:TakeDamage(100)
	cd = false
end)
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You have the player instance inside the lambda function connected to the click detector’s MouseClick RBXScriptSignal object, you can get that player’s name by indexing its “Name” property, i.e;

print(player.Name)