ULX Admin Chat

[Darkblizzard]

To think it wasn't going to be too hard to learn, this extra step got me.

Ah, so they're all placed as separate args, then.

Easy fix:

Code: Lua

1. hook.Add( "ULibCommandCalled", "admin chat replace", function( ply, cmd, args )
2.     if cmd == "ulx asay" then
3.         local admins = {}
4.         local final_str = ""
5.         for _, player in pairs( player.GetAll() ) do
6.             if ULib.ucl.query( player, "ulx seeasay" ) then
7.                 table.insert( admins, player )
8.             end
9.         end
10.         for _, arg in pairs( args ) do
11.             final_str = final_str .. arg -- Goes through each arg and concatenates it to "final_str"
12.         end
13.         for _, player in pairs( admins ) do
14.             ULib.tsayColor( player, "", Color( 0, 255, 0 ), "[Admin Request] ", Color( 255, 255, 255 ), ply:Nick() .. ": " .. final_str )
15.         end
16.         return false
17.     end
18. end )
19.  
20.  

[JamminR]

I could have sworn there is an argument shortcut? args* or args[2-] or something, so you wouldn't have to do a loop.

Code: [Select]

for _, arg in pairs( args ) do
            final_str = final_str .. arg -- Goes through each arg and concatenates it to "final_str"
        end
could maybe be replaced with final_str = args... or something. Not quite sure.

EDIT - Found this -
https://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/Category:vararg
Doesn't easily explain what I think I remember in my head, but, I think it's getting closer.

[iViscosity]

Oh. I think I know what you're talking about. I think it's args[ 1:: ] or something.

[monkeymacman]

It seems like you should be able to turn a table (such as args) into varargs (which should be able to be printed) by doing unpack(args).


Example of this sort of functionality




Edit: This would leave out the spaces when using Ulib Tsay, so it would be so much better to just have the message be table.concat(args, " ")


Edit 2: Wait, but the code that loops through just concats the arguments without spaces, so... what am I missing that adds the space in that?

[iViscosity]

Edit 2: Wait, but the code that loops through just concats the arguments without spaces, so... what am I missing that adds the space in that?

I guess I assumed that because it's a message there would be spaces that I thought would automatically be placed. Now that I think about it, I don't think it'd happen.

[Darkblizzard]

Yeah, it would appear that any more than one word will still be cut off.

[monkeymacman]

I guess I assumed that because it's a message there would be spaces that I thought would automatically be placed. Now that I think about it, I don't think it'd happen.

No, the thing is that that does work, but manually putting in strings without the spaces does not add spaces, so I'm very confused about what makes that work.

[iViscosity]

No, the thing is that that does work, but manually putting in strings without the spaces does not add spaces, so I'm very confused about what makes that work.

So I did a little digging and I found out why.
Basically, ULib trims down non-quoted sentences and adds them into a table, for example: 'I am cool' would be returned at { "I", "am", "cool" }. While, '"I am cool" lol' is returned at { "I am cool", "lol" }