How can i change string to Enum Item

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#1

i am trying to make a table or a string that says the keys what you need to press but i cant change the string to a Enum

This is my proccess:

local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local text = "abcd"


function KeyVerify(key)
	local Input = UserInputService.InputBegan:Wait()
	if Input.KeyCode == key then
		return true
	else
		return false
	end
end

for i = 1,#text do
	repeat wait() until KeyVerify(
	string.sub(text, i, i) --I need change this to a enumValue
	)
	print("word")
end
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#2

Not able to write code since on mobile but try using Enum.KeyCode:GetEnumItems() in a for loop to get a table of Enum items, then loop thru it and run tostring() on each of them, then compare the final letter of the Enum item to “string.sub(text,i,i)” and if they are equal, do your KeyVerify() thing

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#3

can be it like this?

local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local text = "abcd"


function KeyVerify(key)
	local Input = UserInputService.InputBegan:Wait()
	if Input.KeyCode == key then
		return true
	else
		return false
	end
end

for i = 1,#text do
if table.find(Enum.KeyCode:GetEnumItems(), i ) then
	repeat wait() until KeyVerify(
	table.find(Enum.KeyCode:GetEnumItems(string.sub(text, i, i)  ) )
	)
	print("word")
end
end
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#4 
local text = 'abcd'
local iteration = 1
local CAS = game:GetService"ContextServiceAction"

--the following block is done so you can edit the text variable easily.
local t = {} 
for i = 1, #text do
    table.insert(t,text:sub(i))
end

local TextThingyFunction = function(Name,State)
    if Name == "Type" and State == Enum.InputState.Begin then
        print(t[iteration])
        iteration = (iteration > #text) and 1 or iteration + 1 
    end
end

local function Rebind(Key)
    CAS:UnbindAction("Type")
    CAS:BindAction("Type", TextThingyFunction, true, Enum.KeyCode[Key])
end

Rebind("F")
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#5

Hey there again @colochosgt3!
enum.keycode includs a table and you can use brackets to reference something in it. The only thing is that you need to convert the string to uppercase to reference it, which is quite simple if you use string.upper
here is the code with these features implemented (with print to show that is working)

local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local text = "abcd"


function KeyVerify(key)
	local Input = UserInputService.InputBegan:Wait()
	if Input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode[string.upper(key)] then
		print(key)
		return true
	end
end

for i = 1,#text do
	repeat wait() until KeyVerify(
	string.sub(text, i, i)
	)
	print("word")
end
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#7

i dont know that you can use

  • Enum.EnumType[‘string’]

thanks

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