Player Cannot be found in table

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#1

So I have this script that when player2 accepts an invite from player1 they are added into a table in a local script in player1. What I want to achieve is when player2 triggers a proximity prompt they will be removed from the table however I cannot seem to understand why any method I use to find the player in the table including table.find, playersInHouse[player2], or some other nonsense, never finds the player. When the players are inserted into the table they are player instances.

for i, PromptPart in pairs(CollectionService:GetTagged("PropertyExitPrompts")) do
	local Proxy = PromptPart.ProximityPrompt
	
	Proxy.Triggered:Connect(function(PlayerWhoTriggered: Player)
		if PlayersInHouse[PlayerWhoTriggered] then
			print("found")
		else
			print("not found")
		end
	end)
end

when I print the table, the player is in there so its not like theyre not being added

#2

Is the table an Array or a Dictionary?

#3

the table is an array (char count)

#4

Then you have to change how you’re indexing the table. Since the table is an Array, when you index it like PlayersInHouse[PlayerWhoTriggered], you’re trying to get the value that has the index set to a player instance.

Change that line to this:

local foundPlayer = false
for _, player in PlayersInHouse do -- Loops through the table 
     if player == PlayerWhoTriggered then -- Checks if a player value in the table is equal to the triggered player
         foundPlayer = true -- If it is, then we found the player
     end
end

print(foundPlayer)
#5

thank you so much! you’re a life saver!

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#6

No problem, I recommend that you look into Dictionaries and Arrays more and how the indexes and values work.