GetPlayerFromPartialName - Revision history

Megadreams: Removed second iteration of the function. Nearly identical to existing version and does not strip color code. Would cause confusion for users

2025-01-28T00:29:22Z

Removed second iteration of the function. Nearly identical to existing version and does not strip color code. Would cause confusion for users

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 '''Author: TAPL'''
 ==See Also==
 {{Useful_Functions}}

2025-01-27T13:23:52Z

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	local lowerName = name:lower( )		local lowerName = name:lower( )
	for _, player in ipairs( getElementsByType( "player" ) ) do		for _, player in ipairs( getElementsByType( "player" ) ) do
	if ~~player:~~getPlayerName( ):lower( ):find( lowerName, 1, true ) then		if getPlayerName( player ):lower( ):find( lowerName, 1, true ) then
	return player		return player
	end		end

2025-01-27T13:23:02Z

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	==Code==		==Code==
	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">function GetPlayerFromPartialName( name )		<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">function GetPlayerFromPartialName( name )
	for i, v in ipairs( getElementsByType( "player" ) ) do		local lowerName = name:lower( )
	if ~~string.find( string.lower(~~ getPlayerName( v ) ~~), string.~~lower( ~~name~~ ) ) then		for _, player in ipairs( getElementsByType( "player" ) ) do
	return v		if player:getPlayerName( ):lower( ):find( lowerName, 1, true ) then
			return player
	end		end
	end		end

2025-01-27T12:31:16Z

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	'''Author: TAPL'''		'''Author: TAPL'''

			==Code==
			<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">function GetPlayerFromPartialName( name )
			for i, v in ipairs( getElementsByType( "player" ) ) do
			if string.find( string.lower( getPlayerName( v ) ), string.lower( name ) ) then
			return v
			end
			end
			end</syntaxhighlight>

			'''Author: Gallardo9956'''

	==See Also==		==See Also==
	{{Useful_Functions}}		{{Useful_Functions}}

2014-04-10T06:26:42Z

moved GetPlayerFromNamePart to GetPlayerFromPartialName: Grammar needed fixing (heil grammar)!

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Revision as of 06:26, 10 April 2014

2014-04-10T06:25:03Z

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	{{Useful Function}}		{{Useful Function}}
	__NOTOC__		__NOTOC__
	This function allows you to get player from their ~~patrial~~ name.		This function allows you to get player from their partial name.

	==Syntax==		==Syntax==

2014-04-10T06:24:32Z

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	{{Useful Function}}		{{Useful Function}}
	__NOTOC__		__NOTOC__
	This function allows you to get player ~~From his Name part~~.		This function allows you to get player from their patrial name.

	==Syntax==		==Syntax==

2014-04-10T06:23:50Z

Syntax

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	==Syntax==		==Syntax==
	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">		<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	player ~~getPlayerFromNamePart~~ ( string Name )		player getPlayerFromPartialName ( string Name )
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

2014-04-10T06:23:31Z

Code

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	==Code==		==Code==
	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">function ~~getPlayerFromNamePart~~(name)		<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">function getPlayerFromPartialName(name)
	local name = name and name:gsub("#%x%x%x%x%x%x", ""):lower() or nil		local name = name and name:gsub("#%x%x%x%x%x%x", ""):lower() or nil
	if name then		if name then

2014-04-10T06:23:07Z

Syntax

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	===Required Arguments===		===Required Arguments===
	* '''Name''': A string containing the name ~~part~~ of ~~the~~ player you want to reference		* '''Name''': A string containing the partial name of a player you want to reference.

	===Returns===		===Returns===
	Returns a [[player]] if the ~~Name part is exist~~, ''nil'' otherwise.		Returns a [[player]] if the partial name exists, ''nil'' otherwise.

	==Code==		==Code==