Making an argument with multiple players using commas [Fixed]

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Hey everyone,
I’ve recently been working on an admin system, and I was wondering if there is a good way to make an argument to reference multiple players but split them using a comma.

Thanks in advance if you help, I’ll be happy to answer any questions.

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put them all in a string then use string.split()

local str = "one,two"
local p = string.split(str, ",")

p.foreach(function(i,v)
 print(v) -- prints one then two
end
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I’ll try it and let you know how it works, thank you for replying.

4

What is p.foreach for and is there any reason for not using use ipairs for arrays instead?

for k, v in ipairs(("one,two"):split(',')) do
    print(k, v) --> ouputs "one" then "two"
end
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local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local function getPlrsFromNameString(stringWithNames)
    local plrs = {}
    for i, s in ipairs(stringWithNames:split(",")) do
        local name = s:match("%S") -- non whitespace characters
        local plr = Players:FindFirstChild(name)
        if plr then
            plrs[#plrs+1] = plr
        else print("No player found with name "..name)
        end
    end
    return plrs
end
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Thank you for replying, you helped me with my last task of the day.

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@RoBoPoJu I tested the code and I got one error in Players:FindFirstChild(Name). It’s a W000: Mismatch number and string error. Here’s my code:

elseif Key:find(",") then
        Key = Key:sub(1,#Key)
        local function getPlrsFromNameString(stringWithNames)
            for i, s in pairs(stringWithNames:split(",")) do
                local name = s:match("%S")
                local plr = Players:FindFirstChild(name) -- Error here
                if plr then
                    Players[#Players+1] = plr
                end
            end
        end
    else
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Nevermind, it was Luau I just disabled it.