How to find key to press from a string value?

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#1

hello, what if I had a local script with a string value in it, how would i make it so that in the script if the player presses the key thats in the string value, it will do something?

#2

you can use InputBegan

it returns all the player input which can also get the keycode pressed by the player

example:

local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")

UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(Input, Event)
	print(Input.KeyCode.Name)
	if Input.KeyCode.Name == "A" and not Event then -- example the value of the string value is 'A'
		-- code here
	end
end)

well you should check the keycode name it returns so you know exactly what to put in your string value

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#3

I was talking about something like this

local Key = script.Key.Value
local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")

UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(input)
	if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Key then
		--Do something
	end
end)

obviously that didn’t work seeing as how I came here, but thats an example of what I was asking. Sorry for not giving an example before.

#4

I don’t know what you’re asking for here. You already have your solution, or am I understanding it wrong? Please elaborate.

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#5

My last reply was the most I could elaborate, if you dont understand I will wait for someone else to respond.

#6

No like, what are you basically trying to do in the code? Like change the value of something, tween etc?

#7

it is the condition on the input was just an example
cant you just replace the string value on it?

also the keycode name is better to compare to a string
else you will write the whole characters of the enumaration on the string value

local Key = script.Key.Value -- the value of this is example "A"
local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")

UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(input)
	if input.KeyCode.Name == Key then
		--Do something
	end
end)
#8

I answered that In my first message

#9

I made one for my game i will share here :slight_smile:

local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")


UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(inputObject, gameProcessedEvent)
	if not gameProcessedEvent then
		if inputObject.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.B then
			if script.Parent.AdminFrame.Visible == false then
				script.Parent.AdminFrame.Visible = true
			else
				script.Parent.AdminFrame.Visible = false
			end
			if game.StarterGui.PlayerGui.Welcome.Visible == true then
				script.Parent.AdminFrame.Visible = false
				game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Sounds").ErrorSound:Play()
				game.StarterGui.PlayerGui.ErrorWelcome.Visible = true
				wait(2)
				game.StarterGui.PlayerGui.ErrorWelcome.Visible = false
			end
		end
	end
end)
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