GetPlayerName

This function returns a string containing the name of the specified player.

Syntax

string getPlayerName ( player thePlayer )

Required Arguments

• thePlayer: The player you want to get the name of.

Returns

Returns a string containing the requested player's name, or false if the player passed to the function is invalid.

Example

This example outputs the local player name to the chatbox.

--we get the local player
local localPlayer = getLocalPlayer()
--then we get his name
local localPlayerName = getPlayerName(localPlayer)
--and we output it to the chatbox
outputChatBox(localPlayerName)

See Also

• getLocalPlayer
• getPlayerMapBoundingBox
• getPlayerMapOpacity
• isPlayerMapVisible
• resetBlurLevel
• isPlayerHudComponentVisible
ADDED/UPDATED IN VERSION 1.6.0 r22751:
isPlayerCrosshairVisible




• Shared
• getPlayerTeam
• getPlayerBlurLevel
• setPlayerBlurLevel
• getPlayerSerial
• forcePlayerMap
• getPlayerScriptDebugLevel
• getPlayerFromName
• getPlayerMoney
• getPlayerName
• getPlayerNametagColor
• getPlayerNametagText
• getPlayerPing
• getPlayerWantedLevel
• givePlayerMoney
• isPlayerMapForced
• isPlayerNametagShowing
• setPlayerHudComponentVisible
• setPlayerMoney
• setPlayerNametagColor
• setPlayerNametagShowing
• setPlayerNametagText
• takePlayerMoney
• countPlayersInTeam
• getPlayersInTeam
• isVoiceEnabled
• setControlState
• getControlState