Status system not working

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#1

Hello, I am making a system where it changes the status when you use the command, but it’s not working for some reason.

local status1 = {"FREE TIME", "ENJOY YOUR FREE TIME, HANG OUT WITH FELLOW INMATES, OR GO ON THE YARD", Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)}
local status2 = {"YARD", "GET SOME FRESH AIR OUTSIDE ON THE YARD", Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)}
local status3 = {"CELL BLOCK", "GO INSIDE YOUR PRISON CELLS FOR THE NIGHT", Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)}
local status4 = {"CANTEEN", "HEAD TO THE CANTEEN AND EAT SOME FOOD", Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)}
local status5 = {"LOCKDOWN", "THE PRISON IS ON LOCKDOWN, GO TO YOUR CELLS!", Color3.fromRGB(255, 0, 0)}
local prefix = "!"

local autoSwitchEnabled = false -- Change this to true if you would like it to automatically cycle through the status'.
local autoSwitchTime = 3 -- Change this to the seconds it takes before it switches between each status. [if you have autoSwitch enabled]

local isGroupLocked = false -- Change this to true if you want it to be group locked.
local groupID = 12345678 -- Change this to your group ID.
local minRank = 255 -- Change this to the minimum rank ID that can use the commands.

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	plr.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)
		if autoSwitchEnabled == false then
			if isGroupLocked == true then
				if plr:GetRankInGroup(groupID) >= minRank then
					local args = string.split(msg, " ")
					local status = table.concat(args, " ", 2)
					local lstatuss = string.lower(status)

					local lstatus = string.lower(status1[1])
					if args[1] == "!status" then
						if status == lstatus then
							game.ReplicatedStorage.changeStatus:FireAllClients(status1[1], status1[2], status1[3])
							game.Workspace.lockdownAudio:Stop()
						end
					end

					local lstatus1 = string.lower(status2[1])
					if args[1] == "!status" then
						if status == lstatus then
							game.ReplicatedStorage.changeStatus:FireAllClients(status2[1], status2[2], status2[3])
							game.Workspace.lockdownAudio:Stop()
						end
					end

					local lstatus2 = string.lower(status3[1])
					if args[1] == "!status" then
						if status == lstatus then
							game.ReplicatedStorage.changeStatus:FireAllClients(status3[1], status3[2], status3[3])
							game.Workspace.lockdownAudio:Stop()
						end
					end

					local lstatus3 = string.lower(status4[1])
					if args[1] == "!status" then
						if status == lstatus then
							game.ReplicatedStorage.changeStatus:FireAllClients(status4[1], status4[2], status4[3])
							game.Workspace.lockdownAudio:Stop()
						end
					end

					local lstatus4 = string.lower(status5[1])
					if args[1] == "!status" then
						if status == lstatus then
							game.ReplicatedStorage.changeStatus:FireAllClients(status5[1], status5[2], status5[3])
							game.Workspace.lockdownAudio:Play()
						end
					end
				end
			end
		end

		if autoSwitchEnabled == false then
			if isGroupLocked == false then
				local lmsg = string.lower(msg)
				local lstatus = string.lower(status1[1])
				local args = string.split(msg, " ")
				local status = table.concat(args, " ", 2)
				if args[1] == "!status" then
					if status == lstatus then
						game.ReplicatedStorage.changeStatus:FireAllClients(status1[1], status1[2], status1[3])
						game.Workspace.lockdownAudio:Stop()
					end
				end

				local lstatus1 = string.lower(status2[1])
				if args[1] == "!status" then
					if status == lstatus then
						game.ReplicatedStorage.changeStatus:FireAllClients(status2[1], status2[2], status2[3])
						game.Workspace.lockdownAudio:Stop()
					end
				end

				local lstatus2 = string.lower(status3[1])
				if args[1] == "!status" then
					if status == lstatus then
						game.ReplicatedStorage.changeStatus:FireAllClients(status3[1], status3[2], status3[3])
						game.Workspace.lockdownAudio:Stop()
					end
				end

				local lstatus3 = string.lower(status4[1])
				if args[1] == "!status" then
					if status == lstatus then
						game.ReplicatedStorage.changeStatus:FireAllClients(status4[1], status4[2], status4[3])
						game.Workspace.lockdownAudio:Stop()
					end
				end

				local lstatus4 = string.lower(status5[1])
				if args[1] == "!status" then
					if status == lstatus then
						game.ReplicatedStorage.changeStatus:FireAllClients(status5[1], status5[2], status5[3])
						game.Workspace.lockdownAudio:Play()
					end
				end
			end
		end
	end)
end)

if autoSwitchEnabled == true then
	while true do
		game.ReplicatedStorage.changeStatus:FireAllClients(status1[1], status1[2], status1[3])
		game.Workspace.lockdownAudio:Stop()
		wait(autoSwitchTime)
		game.ReplicatedStorage.changeStatus:FireAllClients(status2[1], status2[2], status2[3])
		game.Workspace.lockdownAudio:Stop()
		wait(autoSwitchTime)
		game.ReplicatedStorage.changeStatus:FireAllClients(status3[1], status3[2], status3[3])
		game.Workspace.lockdownAudio:Stop()
		wait(autoSwitchTime)
		game.ReplicatedStorage.changeStatus:FireAllClients(status4[1], status4[2], status4[3])
		game.Workspace.lockdownAudio:Stop()
		wait(autoSwitchTime)
		game.ReplicatedStorage.changeStatus:FireAllClients(status5[1], status5[2], status5[3])
		game.Workspace.lockdownAudio:Play()
		wait(autoSwitchTime)
	end
end

Help would be appreciated.

#2

First, are there any errors? If not, you could try adding some print statements throughout your code to check what does and what does not work. For example, add a print to see what the values of arg, status and lstatuss are. Then check this against what it is supposed to be.
One place I see a potential bug is

local status = table.concat(args, " ", 2)
local lstatuss = string.lower(status)
-- Skip code --
local lstatus = string.lower(status1[1])
-- Skip code --
if status == lstatus then

you compare the lowered lstatus against the non-lowered status
also, are the trailing whitespaces in status?

Not to sound preachy, but I do like to recommend writing tests (it may be a lot of work, but I find it great to find bugs and edge cases)

Unrelated, but generally, in my opinion, if you have variables that are numbered (status1, status2, etc.), you can probably change it to a list and loop through it instead of having duplicate code