getAlivePlayers

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This function returns a table of all the alive players on the server. Opposite function of getDeadPlayers.

Syntax

 getAlivePlayers ( )

Code Examples

server

This example prints a list of all alive players in a "name, name2, name3" format. If no players are alive then it outputs "none".

-- Print a list of all the alive players
alivePlayers = getAlivePlayers ()
if ( alivePlayers ) then -- if we got the table
    alivePlayersList = "none"
    -- Loop through the table
    for playerKey, playerValue in ipairs(alivePlayers) do
        -- add their name to the list
        if ( alivePlayersList == "none" ) then
            alivePlayersList = getPlayerName ( playerValue )
        else
            alivePlayersList = alivePlayersList .. ", " .. getPlayerName ( playerValue )
        end
    end
    outputChatBox ( "Alive Players: " .. alivePlayersList )
end

getAlivePlayers

Syntax

Code Examples

See Also

Player Functions

Player Events

Reference