How do I make a textbox only allow 1 word

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I’m currently trying to make a textbox only allow 1 word, and no more than that.

My current script:

Text:GetPropertyChangedSignal('Text'):Connect(function()
	Text.Text = Text.Text:gsub('%p+', '');
	Text.Text = Text.Text:gsub('%d+', '');
	local tbl = string.split(Text.Text:gsub("%p", ""), " ")
	if tbl[2] then 
		Text.Text:sub(1, #Text.Text - 1)
	end
end)

I still don’t understand why it isn’t working, I tried searching some things up about patterns and strings and couldn’t find much.

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This is wayyy over complicated if you are just trying to remove a space from the text, you can just do:
Text.Text = Text.Text:gsub(" ", "")

Also, as for why it doesn’t work:

You have to set Text.Text = Text.Text:sub(1, #Text.Text-1)

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Text:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Text"):Connect(function()
	Text.Text = Text.Text:gsub("%A", "") --Remove all non-alphabetic characters.
end)
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Text:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Text"):Connect(function()
local Length = string.len(Text.Text)
if Length > 1 then
Text.Text = ""
end
end)
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Thanks for your help! I overthinked it alot.

Oh, and thanks for helping me shorten it :slight_smile: @Forummer !

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