GetPlayerName

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This function returns a string containing the name of the specified player.

Syntax

string getPlayerName ( player thePlayer )

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Method: player:getName(...)
Variable: .name
Counterpart: setPlayerName


Required Arguments

  • thePlayer: the player you want to get the name of

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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Server
addCommandHandler("myname",
  function(playerSource)
    outputChatBox("Your name: "..getPlayerName(playerSource), playerSource)
  end
)
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Client

This 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

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