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==Clientside Example==
==Clientside Example (Doesn't user getPlayerCount!)==
This example uses the getElementsByType function to display the player count, same result but also works clientside!
This example uses the getElementsByType function to display the player count, same result but also works clientside!
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Revision as of 18:16, 17 April 2013

This function returns the number of players currently connected to the server.

[[{{{image}}}|link=|]] Note: #getElementsByType("player") works the same as this function but also works client side unlike this function.

Syntax

int getPlayerCount ( )

Returns

Returns the number of players connected to the server as an int.

Example

This example displays a chat message with the number of players connected to the server when a player joins or quits.

function playerCount ( )
	outputChatBox ( "There are now " .. getPlayerCount() .. " players on this server!" )
end
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerJoin", getRootElement(), playerCount )
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerQuit", getRootElement(), playerCount )

Clientside Example (Doesn't user getPlayerCount!)

This example uses the getElementsByType function to display the player count, same result but also works clientside!

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Client
addEventHandler( "playercount",
    function ()
        outputChatBox ( "There are now " .. #getElementsByType( "player" ) .. " players on this server!" )
    end
)

See Also