How to autofill names when making admin commands?

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#1

So I was making admin commands (non module so far) and I was thinking of having autofilling names. Here is my code I have tried a lot I don’t know how to use string.match and if you can help heres my code:

		commands.unfreeze = function(sender,targetPlr1, targetPlr2,command)
	if table.find(admins,sender.UserId) then
	if game.Players:FindFirstChild(targetPlr1) then
	game.Players:FindFirstChild(targetPlr1).Character.HumanoidRootPart.Anchored = false
	elseif table.find(specialAdmins,sender.UserId) then
	if game.Players:FindFirstChild(targetPlr1) then
	game.Players:FindFirstChild(targetPlr1).Character.HumanoidRootPart.Anchored = false
	end
	end
	end
	end

yea I gave you the unfreeze command
and if you need it, here is my chat thingy:

	game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr) 
	if table.find(serverBans,plr.UserId) then
plr:Kick("You're banned, "..plr.Name) 
end
	plr.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)
	local splittedMessage = msg:split(" ") 
	local MessageWithPrefix = splittedMessage[1]:split(prefix) 
	local saidCommand = MessageWithPrefix[2]
	local targetPlayer1 = splittedMessage[2]
	local targetPlayer2 = splittedMessage[3] 
	if commands[saidCommand] then 
	commands[saidCommand](plr,targetPlayer1,targetPlayer2,saidCommand) 
	end
	end)
	end)

if this is the wrong topic, let me know I can move it.

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#2

In concept you use string.sub inside of a for loop through all the players. The post below mine explains it well.

#3

I would avoid having to loop through every single player every time the player types/removes a character. Especially in large servers this can cause a short (barely noticable) delay.

Instead, I would create a map of all the players and the first characters of their names beforehand:

local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local map = {}
local maxSearchCharacters = 8

local function addPlayer(player)
    for x = 1, maxSearchCharacters do
        if x >= #player.Name then break end

        if map[v.Name:sub(1, x)] then
            table.insert(map[v.Name:sub(1, x)], v)
        else
            map[v.Name:sub(1, x)] = { player }
        end
    end
end

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(addPlayer)

This would only have to be done once every time a player is added and is stored so it can be used later. Here’s an example of how the above map could be used:

--// NOTE: This event isn't real, I'm just explaining how to do it
oncharactertyped(function(newFullMessage)
    if map[newFullMessage] then
        --[[
            atleast 1 player with a name that starts with
            what was entered in the text label
        ]]

        for _, player in ipairs(map[newFullMessage]) do
            -- a player with a matching name
        end
    end
end)
#4

Maybe u could get all the players in a table, using game.Players:GetChildren()

#5

Responding on what I said, u could use local Players = game.Players:GetChildren()
then whenever u are going to see/get the players who are in the server u could call Players.

#6

Here you go this should work! You can call the function whenever you want and just put the shortened name when calling the function like so:

function FindPlayer(name) -- name = string provided to look for player
	for i,v in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do  -- iterating though players
		if v.Name:lower():sub(1,#name) == name:lower() then	-- checking to see if player name matches the provided string
			return v -- returns the player it finds
		end
	end
end

FindPlayer('top')

Hope this is able to help

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#7

And where would I put that? As a local function at the top?

#8

Yep, that’s how I have it (30 chars)

#9

I found something similar on @Alvin_Blox 's tutorial, thank you!

#10

No problem, don’t forget to mark one of the responses as a solution if one was provided