How do you check if a text sent from a RemoteEvent is the same as one in the module

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#1
  1. What do you want to achieve?
    i want the main script to check if the text is the same as the one in the module script after the player has clicked a TextButton
  2. What is the issue?
    I’ve genuinely have got 0 clue how to
  3. What solutions have you tried so far?
    I’ve tried many, but I’m not sure how to say them

Module script:

local Actions = {
    ["Run"] = {
        ["Animation"] = "rbxassetid://3716636630",
        ["Price"] = 5,
        ["RespondingText"] = "Run Action"
    },
    
    ["Jump"] = {
        ["Animation"] = "rbxassetid://3716636630",
        ["Price"] = 5,
        ["RespondingText"] = "Jump Action"
    },
    ["Sit"] = {
        ["Animation"] = "rbxassetid://3716636630",
        ["Price"] = 5,
        ["RespondingText"] = "Sit Action"
    },
};

return Actions

main script (deleted all the bs i wrote here)


local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local ActionEvent = ReplicatedStorage.ActionEvent
local Module = require(game.ServerScriptService.ActionHandler.Information)


ActionEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, text)

end)

Local script (where it’s fired from)

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local ActionEvent = ReplicatedStorage.ActionEvent
script.Parent.MouseButton1Down:Connect(function(text)
    ActionEvent:FireServer("Jump")
end)

Here is a picture of how everything is organized
image

do note that I don’t want to make a replicatedEvent for every action, since I will most likely have a lot more than 3 actions

#2

It would work something like this

--MODULE
local module = {
	["Yeah"] = {
		["HeheTest"] = "mmmmhh bleh"
	},
}

return module
-- SERVER
game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").Network.Test.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player,text)
	print(Setter[text].HeheTest)
end)

image
As for your case, you would need to use this.

ActionEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, text)
      print(Module[text].Animation)
end)
#3

When I run this, it errors

19:38:28.278  ServerScriptService.ActionHandler:7: attempt to index nil with 'Animation'  -  Server - ActionHandler:7

is this because you can’t print it or is there another issue?
(tried it with Price aswell, since I assumed that you can’t print the animation ID, but it didn’t work either.)

#4

It should definitely print. Can you try my example? I did what you posted in your thread but I used UIS instead. So it should work.

#5

when I tried the script you provided originally it threw me out an error

Network is not a valid member of ReplicatedStorage "ReplicatedStorage"  -  Server - ActionHandler:12

your provided version
main

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local ActionEvent = ReplicatedStorage.ActionEvent
local Module = require(game.ServerScriptService.ActionHandler.Information)
game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").Network.Test.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player,text)
    print(Module[text].HeheTest)
end)

module


local module = {
    ["Yeah"] = {
        ["HeheTest"] = "mmmmhh bleh"
    },
}

return module

This is my script after doing the changed you provided me in the original post

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local ActionEvent = ReplicatedStorage.ActionEvent
local Module = require(game.ServerScriptService.ActionHandler.Information)


ActionEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, text)
    print(Module[text].Animation)
end)
#6

How is text passed again? Just a string?

#7 
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local ActionEvent = ReplicatedStorage.ActionEvent
script.Parent.MouseButton1Down:Connect(function(text)
    ActionEvent:FireServer("Jump")
end)

text is passed trough the local script in a textbutton
image

#8 
ActionEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, text)
    print(text)
    print(Module[text].RespondingText)
end)

try this debug.

#9 
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local ActionEvent = ReplicatedStorage.ActionEvent
local Actions = require(game.ServerScriptService.ActionHandler.Information)

ActionEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, text)
   if Actions[text] == nil then 
      print("Doesn't exist in actions module")
   else
      print("Action is valid...")
      print(Actions[text].RespondingText)
   end
end)

now it depends on what you are trying to achieve but if something

#10 
20:01:49.808  Jump  -  Server - ActionHandler:13
 20:01:49.808  ServerScriptService.ActionHandler:14: attempt to index nil with 'RespondingText'  -  Server - ActionHandler:14

anyways, @iFlameyz fixed the issue for me
I do want to thank you for helping me <3 I really appreciate it

#11

You could either create a variable inside each one that is just the name itself and looop through each one to see if it’s name variable is the same

Module Script

local Actions = {
    ["Run"] = {
        ["Animation"] = "rbxassetid://3716636630",
        ["Price"] = 5,
        ["Name"] = "Run",
        ["RespondingText"] = "Run Action"
    },
    
    ["Jump"] = {
        ["Animation"] = "rbxassetid://3716636630",
        ["Price"] = 5,
        ["Name"] = "Jump",
        ["RespondingText"] = "Jump Action"
    },
    ["Sit"] = {
        ["Animation"] = "rbxassetid://3716636630",
        ["Price"] = 5,
        ["Name"] = "Sit",
        ["RespondingText"] = "Sit Action"
    },
};

return Actions

Local Script

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local ActionEvent = ReplicatedStorage.ActionEvent
local Module = require(game.ServerScriptService.ActionHandler.Information)

ActionEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, text)
    for _, v in next, Module do
        if v.Name == text then
            -- your code here :)
        end
    end
end)

Or alternatively you could do

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local ActionEvent = ReplicatedStorage.ActionEvent
local Module = require(game.ServerScriptService.ActionHandler.Information)

ActionEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, text)
    for k, _ in next, Module do
        if k == text then
            -- your code here :)
        end
    end
end)

If you did the second one you wouldn’t need to modify the module script

#12

but? that’s the same snippet as mine expect they added an if statement?

#13

The script would error without the if check if the remote sent something else + trying to keep it as short and simple with prints to help sipo understand it or any person that might come across this post

#14

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