GetClientName

This function returns a string containing the name of the client.

Syntax

string getClientName ( client theClient )

Required Arguments

• theClient: The client element (player or admin) you want to get the name of.

Returns

Returns a string containing the requested client's name, or false if the client passed to the function is invalid.

Example

This example finds a player with an ID of 1 and if the player exists, they are killed.

-- Find the player with ID 1.
myPlayer = getPlayerFromID ( 1 )
-- If there is a player with an ID of 1 then...
if ( myPlayer ~= false ) then
	-- Try to kill the player, if it is successful then
	if ( killPlayer ( myPlayer ) ) then
		-- Tell everyone about it!
		outputServerChatBox ( "He shouldn't have had that ID. ", getClientName ( myPlayer ) , " has bitten the dust." )
	end
end

See Also

• forcePlayerMap
• getAlivePlayers
• getDeadPlayers
• getPlayerACInfo
• getPlayerAnnounceValue
• getPlayerBlurLevel
• getPlayerCount
• getPlayerFromName
• getPlayerIdleTime
• getPlayerIP
• getPlayerMoney
• getPlayerName
• getPlayerNametagColor
• getPlayerNametagText
• getPlayerPing
• getPlayerScriptDebugLevel
• getPlayerSerial
• getPlayerTeam
• getPlayerVersion
• getPlayerWantedLevel
• getRandomPlayer
• givePlayerMoney
• isPlayerMapForced
• isPlayerMuted
• isPlayerNametagShowing
• isVoiceEnabled
• redirectPlayer
• resendPlayerACInfo
• resendPlayerModInfo
• setPlayerAnnounceValue
• setPlayerBlurLevel
• setPlayerHudComponentVisible
• setPlayerMoney
• setPlayerMuted
• setPlayerName
• setPlayerNametagColor
• setPlayerNametagShowing
• setPlayerNametagText
• setPlayerScriptDebugLevel
• setPlayerTeam
• setPlayerVoiceBroadcastTo
• setPlayerVoiceIgnoreFrom
• setPlayerWantedLevel
• spawnPlayer
• takePlayerMoney
• takePlayerScreenShot