Make a table/variable name out of the table/variable content?

[matik04]

So here are some examples to show what I am talking about

local playerid = "lol"
LocalPlayer().players.playerid = "pineapple"

print(LocalPlayer().players.lol)

Expected output: pineapple

button.id = "player"
function button:DoClick()
    LocalPlayer().players.button.id = "lelz"
end

print(LocalPlayer().players.player)

Expected output: lelz

button.xd = 78
function button:DoClick()
    LocalPlayer().players.button.xd = "meme"
end

print(LocalPlayer().players.78)

Expected output: meme

[SneakySquid]

Player.players is nil and so is Player.players.button. They need to be tables.

[c👌de_g🎷]

You can't use variables like that. All three will be nil because they are undefined on the player table. You would have to do:

LocalPlayer().players.lol = "pineapple"

For the first example if you wanted the expected output.

[matik04]

[QUOTE=txike;52636750]Player.players is nil and so is Player.players.button. They need to be tables.[/QUOTE]

ah sorry they are defined but I forgot to put them in the examples.

[QUOTE=code_gs;52636755]You can't use variables like that. All three will be nil because they are undefined on the player table. You would have to do:

LocalPlayer().players.lol = "pineapple"

For the first example if you wanted the expected output.[/QUOTE]

And here is the problem, I want to make a history for each player that the player has chatted with

LocalPlayer().tablet_text_my.Mike = {}
LocalPlayer().tablet_text_my.Bot01 = {}
LocalPlayer().tablet_text_my.Bot02 = {}

[c👌de_g🎷]

LocalPlayer is not a global player entity: it is a single player -- specifically, the clientside one. I would do this serverside:

local tChatLogs = {}

hook.Add("OnEntityCreated", "ChatLogs", function(pEntity)
	if (pEntity:IsPlayer()) then
		tChatLogs[pEntity] = {}
	end
end)

hook.Add("EntityRemoved", "ChatLogs", function(pEntity)
	if (pEntity:IsPlayer()) then
		tChatLogs[pEntity] = nil
	end
end)

hook.Add("PlayerSay", "ChatLogs", function(pPlayer, sText)
	table.insert(tChatLogs[pEntity], sText)
end)

Note that this does have a few restrictions:
- It is not run after all PlayerSay hooks, so some commands could be logged. You could get around this with a clientside OnPlayerChat/ChatText hook, but the logs would differ between each player
- It is not networked, and must be done so manually. The alternative provided above applies here, as well
- It is not persistent, and will clear between maps and crashes. Alternative is to use a text file to store the strings, or a similar structure.

The best implementation will depend on your specific case.

[matik04]

[QUOTE=code_gs;52636882]LocalPlayer is not a global player entity: it is a single player -- specifically, the clientside one. I would do this serverside:

local tChatLogs = {}

hook.Add("OnEntityCreated", "ChatLogs", function(pEntity)
	if (pEntity:IsPlayer()) then
		tChatLogs[pEntity] = {}
	end
end)

hook.Add("EntityRemoved", "ChatLogs", function(pEntity)
	if (pEntity:IsPlayer()) then
		tChatLogs[pEntity] = nil
	end
end)

hook.Add("PlayerSay", "ChatLogs", function(pPlayer, sText)
	table.insert(tChatLogs[pEntity], sText)
end)

Note that this does have a few restrictions:
- It is not run after all PlayerSay hooks, so some commands could be logged. You could get around this with a clientside OnPlayerChat/ChatText hook, but the logs would differ between each player
- It is not networked, and must be done so manually. The alternative provided above applies here, as well
- It is not persistent, and will clear between maps and crashes. Alternative is to use a text file to store the strings, or a similar structure.

The best implementation will depend on your specific case.[/QUOTE]

But that's clientside derma with DTextEntry

[G4MB!T]

[QUOTE=matik04;52637121]But that's clientside derma with DTextEntry[/QUOTE]

What? There is no derma or DTextEntry.

[matik04]

[QUOTE=G4MB!T;52637142]What? There is no derma or DTextEntry.[/QUOTE]

They were examples on how I think it'll work or to show what I mean

[matik04]

[QUOTE=thejjokerr;52637306]Is this what you mean?

local playerid = "lol"
LocalPlayer().players[playerid] = "pineapple"

print(LocalPlayer().players.lol)

output: pineapple

button.id = "player"
function button:DoClick()
    LocalPlayer().players[self.id] = "lelz"
end

print(LocalPlayer().players.player)

output: lelz

button.xd = 78
function button:DoClick()
    LocalPlayer().players.button[xd] = "meme"
end

print(LocalPlayer().players[78])

output: meme[/QUOTE]

You're my savior thank you, I mean... it isn't what I asked for but it'll still work.