Roleplay Chat HELP!

[xrayhunter1]

function TalkToRange(msg, pos, size)
	local ent = ents.FindInSphere(pos, size)
	for k, v in pairs(ent) do
		if v:IsPlayer() then
			v:ChatPrint(msg)
//			v:PrintMessage(2, msg)
		end
	end
end

--------------------------------------------------
---- REWRITING OF THE CLIENT CHAT FUNCTIONS ------
--------------------------------------------------
function GM:PlayerSay( ply, text, team, is_dead )
	local name = ply:Name()
	text = string.lower( text )
	
	if ( string.sub( text, 1, 0 ) == "") then
	text = string.Replace( "", text )
		TalkToRange("[Local]: " .. ply:Name(), ply:GetPos(), 250)
		if ( string.sub( text, 1, 2 ) == "//") then
	text = string.Explode( " ", text )
		TalkToRange("[OOC]: " .. ply:Name(), ply:GetPos(), 10000)
	end
	if ( string.sub( text, 1, 3 ) == ".//") then
	text = string.Explode( " ", text )
		TalkToRange("[LOOC]: " .. ply:Name(), ply:GetPos(), 250)
	end
	end
	
end

[Nookyava]

So uh... Mind just sayin what the issue is? Because as it stands I don't know what you're trying to do, or anything.

[Nak]

Its not working because:
[lua]
if( string.sub( text, 1, 0 ) == "") then
[/lua]
string.sub will return a character .. and only returning "" if the text is empty.
[lua]
string.Replace( "", text )
[/lua]
Replace nothing with text .. this will replace every space between the letters with the given text.

Also why are you calling:
[lua]text = string.Explode( " ", text )[/lua]
So many times?
This will change the text into an array .. I see no point in that.