"if string == string" returning false when its true inside textbox

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#1

So I was making a part of a game where you could type in a textbox and if its correct it’ll print it.
Here’s my code:

script.Parent.FocusLost:Connect(function()
	if script.Parent.Text == "test" then
		print("Working")
	else
		error("Problem occured again.")
	end
end)

When I put test into the textbox, it does the error I tried adding prints and it says that everything is correct the text is test and test = test so im not sure what the problem is, with knowing how to script, this is the weirdest thing I have seen. :slight_smile: Thanks!

By the way I looked on google and found no similar problems.

#2

To see what’s going on more, I suggest you print what the actual text is.

#3

Printing the actual text prints test

#4

Are there any spaces when it’s printed?

#6

Can you print the length of the text?

#7

Found the problem (maybe), there was a report in #platform-feedback:engine-bugs that there is a carriage when you press enter in the textbox. Link is here:

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#8

The length of the text prints 5 for some reason.

#9

Perhaps this is related to the recent Roblox bug? Have you tried setting anything up to remove the special control character (which’s what the bug is)?

Edit @Quwanterz beat me to it lol.

#10

Where is the special control character located at the beggining or the end?

#11

Try this:
print(game.HttpService:JSONEncode(script.Parent.Text))

#12

You can remove the control character by using it’s pattern %c, in combination with gsub to remove it.
For example, in the context of your code

local Input = script.Parent.Text:gsub("%c", "");
#13

it still happens (character limit)

#14

Still happening. Thanks…

#15

I think I might have a solution to this problem, since the %c check didn’t work.

local ContainsControlCharacter = script.Parent.Text:gsub("%w", ""):gsub("%p", "") ~= "";

What this essentially does is remove any letters, numbers and punctuation, and compares the result to an empty string; if the string isn’t empty, it has the control character, thus returning true. If not, it’ll return false.
For use in your code, the following could be tried

local Input = script.Parent.Text;
local ControlCharacterCheck = Input:gsub("%w", ""):gsub("%p", "");
if (ControlCharacterCheck ~= "") then
    Input = Input:gsub(ControlCharacterCheck, "");
end
print(Input == "test");

It’s a long shot, and I might be overcomplicating this, but I think it’s worth a try.

I hope this helped. :slight_smile:

Edit
You’re very much welcome! I’m so glad this solution worked. :smiley:

#16

Thank you so much! I thought I would have to shut down my games!

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#17

Happle, I like to say please come back.