GetPlayerFromAccountName

This function get online player from their account name.

Syntax

player getPlayerFromAccountName ( string accountName )

Required Arguments

• accountName: A string containing account name of a player you want to reference.

Returns

Returns a player if the account name exists,nil if player not found.

Code

function getPlayerFromAccountName(name) 
    if name then
        for i,player in ipairs ( getElementsByType ("player") ) do
            local acc = getPlayerAccount (player)
            if not isGuestAccount (acc) then
                if getAccountName (acc) == name then
                    return player
                end
            else
                return false
            end
        end
    else
        return false
    end
end

Example

This example get player name from account name by command

addCommandHandler ("getPlayerName",
    function (player,_,name)
        if name then
        local thePlayer = getPlayerFromAccountName (name)
        if thePlayer then
            outputChatBox (getPlayerName (thePlayer),player,255,255,255,true)
        else
            outputChatBox ("player not found !",player,255,0,0)
        end
    else
        outputChatBox ("type account name frist !",player,255,255,0)
    end
end
)

Author: ,#Na[W]aF'1000.