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Strix: oop syntax

2014-12-28T23:06:10Z

oop syntax

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	player getPlayerFromName ( string playerName )		player getPlayerFromName ( string playerName )
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	{{OOP\|\|Player~~.create~~\|\|}}		{{OOP\|\|[[Player]]\|\|}}
	===Required Arguments===		===Required Arguments===
	* '''playerName''': A string containing the name of the player you want to reference		* '''playerName''': A string containing the name of the player you want to reference

MarioKart: /* Syntax */ OOP syntax added

2014-07-15T03:20:38Z

Syntax: OOP syntax added

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	player getPlayerFromName ( string playerName )		player getPlayerFromName ( string playerName )
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			{{OOP\|\|Player.create\|\|}}
	===Required Arguments===		===Required Arguments===
	* '''playerName''': A string containing the name of the player you want to reference		* '''playerName''': A string containing the name of the player you want to reference

John: Undo revision 28803 by TAPL (talk) Example was not really relevant, should be in the 'usefull functions' section.

2011-12-24T05:29:50Z

Undo revision 28803 by TAPL (talk) Example was not really relevant, should be in the 'usefull functions' section.

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 ==Example==
 This example finds a [[player]] as specified in the command and outputs the direction and distance he is from the player who entered the command. For example: 'locate someguy'.
 <syntaxhighlight lang="lua">

TAPL: /* Example */

2011-12-23T23:33:15Z

Example

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 ==Example==
 This example finds a [[player]] as specified in the command and outputs the direction and distance he is from the player who entered the command. For example: 'locate someguy'.
 <syntaxhighlight lang="lua">

Damage22 at 14:34, 9 July 2010

2010-07-09T14:34:18Z

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	==See Also==		==See Also==
	{{Player functions}}		{{Player functions}}
			[[ru:getPlayerFromName]]

Mr.Hankey at 13:29, 30 July 2009

2009-07-30T13:29:05Z

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	{{Server client function}}		{{Server client function}}
	__NOTOC__		__NOTOC__
	~~{{Deprecated}}~~
	This function returns a [[player]] [[element]] for the player with the name passed to the function.		This function returns a [[player]] [[element]] for the player with the name passed to the function.

Flobu: Created page with '{{Server client function}} NOTOC {{Deprecated}} This function returns a player element for the player with the name passed to the function. ==Syntax== …'

2009-07-30T12:42:27Z

Created page with '{{Server client function}} __NOTOC__ {{Deprecated}} This function returns a player element for the player with the name passed to the function. ==Syntax== <syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> …'

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{{Server client function}}
__NOTOC__
{{Deprecated}}
This function returns a [[player]] [[element]] for the player with the name passed to the function.

==Syntax==
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
player getPlayerFromName ( string playerName )
</syntaxhighlight>

===Required Arguments===
* '''playerName''': A string containing the name of the player you want to reference

===Returns===
Returns a [[player]] [[element]] for the player with the nickname provided. If there is no player with that name, ''false'' is returned.

==Example==
This example finds a [[player]] as specified in the command and outputs the direction and distance he is from the player who entered the command. For example: 'locate someguy'.
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
function locatePlayer( sourcePlayer, command, who )
local targetPlayer = getPlayerFromName ( who ) -- find the player that was specified in the command
if ( targetPlayer ) then -- if a player was found
local x,y,z = getElementPosition ( sourcePlayer ) -- save the position of the player who entered the command
local xp,yp,zp = getElementPosition ( targetPlayer ) -- save the position of the player who should be located
local dir = nil
if (yp > y) then
dir = "N"
else
dir = "S"
end
if (xp > x) then
dir = dir .. "E"
else
dir = dir .. "W"
end
local distance = math.ceil ( getDistanceBetweenPoints3D(x, y, z, xp, yp, zp) )
outputChatBox( who .. " found " .. dir .. " (" .. distance .. ")", sourcePlayer) -- output the message
end
end
addCommandHandler ( "locate", locatePlayer )
</syntaxhighlight>

==See Also==
{{Player functions}}