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string getPlayerName ( player thePlayer ) | string getPlayerName ( player thePlayer ) | ||
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{{OOP||[[player]]:getName|name|setPlayerName}} | |||
===Required Arguments=== | ===Required Arguments=== | ||
* '''thePlayer:''' the Player that you want to get his name | * '''thePlayer:''' the Player that you want to get his name | ||
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* Maximum player name length is 22 characters. | * Maximum player name length is 22 characters. | ||
* Player names are case-insensitive. It is not possible to have two clients with same name but different character case. | * Player names are case-insensitive. It is not possible to have two clients with same name but different character case. | ||
==Example== | ==Example== | ||
Revision as of 05:20, 15 July 2014
This function returns a string containing the name of the specified player.
Syntax
string getPlayerName ( player thePlayer )
OOP Syntax Help! I don't understand this!
- Method: player:getName(...)
- Variable: .name
- Counterpart: setPlayerName
Required Arguments
- thePlayer: the Player that you want to get his name
Returns
Returns a string containing the requested player's name, or false if the player passed to the function is invalid.
Limits
- Player name can consist of ASCII characters between 33 and 126 are allowed (basic latin):
!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
- Minimal player name length is 1 character.
- Maximum player name length is 22 characters.
- Player names are case-insensitive. It is not possible to have two clients with same name but different character case.
Example
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ServeraddCommandHandler("myname",
function(playerSource)
outputChatBox("Your name: "..getPlayerName(playerSource), playerSource)
end
)
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ClientThis example outputs the local player name to the chatbox.
addCommandHandler("myname",
function()
local localPlayerName = getPlayerName(getLocalPlayer())
--and we output it to the chatbox
outputChatBox(localPlayerName)
end
)
See Also
- getLocalPlayer
- getPlayerMapBoundingBox
- getPlayerMapOpacity
- isPlayerMapVisible
- resetBlurLevel
- isPlayerHudComponentVisible
- Shared
- getPlayerTeam
- getPlayerBlurLevel
- setPlayerBlurLevel
- getPlayerSerial
- forcePlayerMap
- getPlayerScriptDebugLevel
- getPlayerFromName
- getPlayerMoney
- getPlayerName
- getPlayerNametagColor
- getPlayerNametagText
- getPlayerPing
- getPlayerWantedLevel
- givePlayerMoney
- isPlayerMapForced
- isPlayerNametagShowing
- setPlayerHudComponentVisible
- setPlayerMoney
- setPlayerNametagColor
- setPlayerNametagShowing
- setPlayerNametagText
- takePlayerMoney
- countPlayersInTeam
- getPlayersInTeam
- isVoiceEnabled
- setControlState
- getControlState