GetPlayerFromAccountName: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 08:14, 15 January 2019

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,false if player not found.

Code

function getPlayerFromAccountName(name) 
    local acc = getAccount (name)
    if name and acc and not isGuestAccount (acc) then
        return getAccountPlayer (acc)
    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.

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 ==Code==
-<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">function getPlayerFromAccountName(accountname)
+<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">function getPlayerFromAccountName(name)
-   if accountname then
+    local acc = getAccount (name)
-      for _,account in ipairs(getAccounts()) do
+    if name and acc and not isGuestAccount (acc) then
-         for _,player in ipairs(getElementsByType('player')) do
+        return getAccountPlayer (acc)
-            if getAccountName(account) == accountname then --Checking that the account exists
+    else
-               if getAccountName(getPlayerAccount(player)) == getAccountName(account) then --Checking that the name of the account matches that of a player
+        return false
-                  return player
+    end
-               end
-            end
-         end
-      end
-   end
-   return false
 end</syntaxhighlight>
@@ Line 32: / Line 26: @@
 This example get player name from account name by command
 <syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
-addCommandHandler ("name",
+addCommandHandler ("getPlayerName",
-function (player,_,accountname)
+    function (player,_,name)
-    if accountname then
+        if name then
-         local thePlayer = getPlayerFromAccountName (accountname)
+         local thePlayer = getPlayerFromAccountName (name)
          if thePlayer then
              outputChatBox (getPlayerName (thePlayer),player,255,255,255,true)
          else
-        outputChatBox ("Player not found",player,255,0,0)
+            outputChatBox ("player not found !",player,255,0,0)
          end
      else
-    outputChatBox ("Write the name of the account first",player,255,255,0)
+        outputChatBox ("type account name frist !",player,255,255,0)
      end
 end
@@ Line 48: / Line 42: @@
 </syntaxhighlight>
-'''Author: Motar2k~'''
+'''Author: ,#Na[W]aF'1000.'''