String.lower() isn't working properly

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#1

Hi! I have this script so if a player says something in chat correctly, the door opens:

function onChatted(msg, recipient, speaker) 
	local source = string.lower(speaker.Name) 
	local decal = script.Parent:FindFirstChildOfClass('Decal')
msg = string.lower(msg) 
	local thecharacter = script.Parent.TheCharacter
	print(msg)
	print(thecharacter.Value)
	print(script.Parent.TheCharacter2.Value)
if (msg == string.lower(thecharacter.Value or script.Parent.TheCharacter2.Value)) then 
		local value = game.ReplicatedStorage.Value.Value
		if value == true then
			door.CanCollide = false 
			image.Visible = true
			image:TweenPosition(UDim2.new(0.3, 0,0.3, 0), "Out",1)
			door.Transparency = 0.7 
			decal.Transparency = 0.7

			wait(3) 
			image:TweenPosition(UDim2.new(1, 0,0.3, 0), "Out",1)
			wait(1)
			image.Visible = false
			image.Position = UDim2.new(-0.4, 0, 0.3, 0)
			door.CanCollide = true 
			door.Transparency = 0 
			decal.Transparency = 0
		end
end 
end 
game.Players.ChildAdded:connect(function(plr)
plr.Chatted:connect(function(msg, recipient) onChatted(msg, recipient, plr) end) 
end)

The problem is, string.lower isn’t working correctly. To try and debug it, I added the 3 print statements that print the original players message, and the two values to make sure they matched and they did. I am kind of stuck as to what to change. Can anyone help me?

#2

Change

if (msg == string.lower(thecharacter.Value or script.Parent.TheCharacter2.Value)) then

To

if msg == string.lower(thecharacter.Value) or msg == string.lower(script.Parent.TheCharacter2.Value) then
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#3

To provide further context you’re currently passing a Boolean value to string.lower.

string.lower(thecharacter.Value or script.Parent.TheCharacter2.Value)) --Evaluates to 'true' or 'false' before being passed to 'string.lower'.
#4

Oh right, should have mentioned that, thanks for the explanation tho!