How can i add spaces by len depending on username?

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#1

Hello Developers,
I would wanna know, how do I add spaces by username? like the Roblox core chat?

I saw a thread like this here: How would I calculate the amount of spaces needed depended on a username?
but I have no clue or I don’t get how to do it with custom chat.

I copied:

function methods:GetNumberOfSpaces(str, font, textSize)
	local strSize = self:GetStringTextBounds(str, font, textSize)
	local singleSpaceSize = self:GetStringTextBounds(" ", font, textSize)
	return math.ceil(strSize.X / singleSpaceSize.X)
end

What i made:

function methods:GetNumberOfSpaces(str, font, textSize)
	local strSize = self:GetStringTextBounds(str, font, textSize)
	local singleSpaceSize = self:GetStringTextBounds(" ", font, textSize)
	return math.ceil(strSize.X / singleSpaceSize.X)
end
game.ReplicatedStorage["ChatStorage(-)"]['Normal(-)'].OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player,chat)
	methods:GetNumberOfSpaces(chat, Enum.Font.SourceSansBold, 32)
end)

What I got:

 ServerScriptService.Script:20: attempt to call a nil value

Thank you so much for helping me, i really appreciate it!

#2 
local players = game:GetService("Players")

players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	local space = " "
	local spaces = space:rep(player.Name:len())
	print(spaces.."\n"..spaces:len())
end)

Are you trying to replace the player’s username with a number of spaces matching their username length?

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#3

Yes, and I’ll try the code tomorrow since im currently on phone. Thanks!

#4

Well, there’s another problem.
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i tried using output since i didn’t make the chat yet.
but it makes several spaces.
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Like that.

Nvm, i fixed it.
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#5

Another problem,
the spaces isn’t really working, as you can see, my chat message is on the middle of the username.
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#6

Make sure the font-size and font-style of the name label and the message label are the same, I’m assuming the size of the label matters too.

#7

Same fonts:
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Array:
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Text Size:
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Size:
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#8

Nvm, i finally fixed it by doing
(Name len)+(Text Size)+9(For :). Thanks for the script btw.

Results:

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Spaces by username len not working :[