How to get part of a name of an instance

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#1

i was wondering if i could get a part of a name of an instance in roblox, there is a string value for the players name but the string value has a number in the name. i need to get that number and and send it back so if it is their turn, it switches to the next one. i do not know what to do, i have been thinking of just putting int values in them but i want to see if i could do this first! (first post, sorry if its bad)

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#2

You can use tostring() to convert a number to a string and tonumber() to convert a string to a number. If you need the number in the name, use string.sub() if the entire name is NOT something that can be translated to a number from a string with tonumber().

#3

Or if you don’t know the exact position of a number and the only numbers in the string are ones you need you could do
StrPart = string:match(“+%d”)
string patterns are handy: Strings | Documentation - Roblox Creator Hub

#4

its not working, the sub is getting the the 7th letter in the name (Player1) and the PlayersTurn Value is 1 but it prints no (object is Player1)
code:
if string.sub(object.Name, 7, 7) == object.Parent.PlayersTurn.Value then
print(“yes”)
else
print(string.sub(object.Name, 7, 7)) --prints 1
print(object.Parent.PlayersTurn.Value) --prints 1
print(“no”) --still returns to no
end

#5

You have to either turn the string.sub(object.Name, 7, 7) into a number using tonumber or turn object.Parent.PlayersTurn.Value into a string using tostring. This is because numbers and strings will always return false when compared to each other, even if they contain the same value.

So new code:

if string.sub(object.Name, 7, 7) == tostring(object.Parent.PlayersTurn.Value) then

	--continue with the rest of your code
#6

PlayersTurn.Value is in intvalue though

#7

Exactly, but string.sub(object.Name, 7, 7) will return a string value, and since strings are not and will never be the same as integers, which is what IntValue.Value returns, that conditional check there will always print no.

#8

it works! thank you @goldenstein64 and everybody else who participated

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