deleting a string from a file?

[Tobiasx]

I attempted to do it with string.Replace, but it didn't seem to work.

Here is the code:

string.Replace( ply:SteamID(), ply:SteamID(), "" )

Is there a different way to do this?

thanks.

[man with hat]

What you're doing is looking for the SteamID in the SteamID and replacing it.

Look at the arguments and example.

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[Rubat]

What format does your file have? JSON? KeyValues? Custom?

string.Replace( ply:SteamID(), ply:SteamID(), "" )

I have absolutely no idea what this is even supposed to be, you are replacing ply:SteamID() in ply:SteamID() with ""?

[DeathWard]

What exactly are you trying to do? Hide/Remove a players Steam ID?

[Tobiasx]

[QUOTE=Robotboy655;49024061]What format does your file have? JSON? KeyValues? Custom?

string.Replace( ply:SteamID(), ply:SteamID(), "" )

I have absolutely no idea what this is even supposed to be, you are replacing ply:SteamID() in ply:SteamID() with ""?[/QUOTE]

I currently have a fileban system using cookies. What I'm attempting to do is create a system that will remove the cookie if they are on a certain list, and what I need to remove the string for is so they can be re-filebanned without me having to physically remove the steam id from the file.

Sorry, i was kind of unclear in the OP about what I'm attempting to do.

[editline]31st October 2015[/editline]

Alright, i tried this:

local str = file.Read("tobiasx_unbans.txt", "DATA");
string.Replace(str, ply:SteamID(), "")

but it still isn't working.

[man with hat]

[QUOTE=Tobiasx;49024083]I currently have a fileban system using cookies. What I'm attempting to do is create a system that will remove the cookie if they are on a certain list, and what I need to remove the string for is so they can be re-filebanned without me having to physically remove the steam id from the file.

Sorry, i was kind of unclear in the OP about what I'm attempting to do.

[editline]31st October 2015[/editline]

Alright, i tried this:

local str = file.Read("tobiasx_unbans.txt", "DATA");
string.Replace(str, ply:SteamID(), "")

but it still isn't working.[/QUOTE]

[lua]str = string.Replace(str, ply:SteamID(), "")[/lua]

[MysteryPancake]

Wouldn't you need to do

local str = file.Read( "tobiasx_unbans.txt", "DATA" )
str = string.Replace( str, ply:SteamID(), "" )
file.Write( "tobiasx_unbans.txt", str )

[Potatofactory]

string.replace() is deprecated.
Use string.gsub()

[Tobiasx]

[QUOTE=MPan1;49025692]Wouldn't you need to do

local str = file.Read( "tobiasx_unbans.txt", "DATA" )
str = string.Replace( str, ply:SteamID(), "" )
file.Write( "tobiasx_unbans.txt", str )

[/QUOTE]

Yup, that worked!

Thank you!