access level server

ok, so so i am trying to make a server for my computers to confirm players accsess level.
my computers have player detectors form mics peripheral. They send a message to the server
and the server is supposed to tell the computer the player's access level.
but i am having problems whit finding out the sec level of the players.

Would anyone be so kind to point me in the right direction?

So you send the playername to the server? If so you could do something like this:

playerLevels = { -- Table of players with security level.
   [1] = {player1 = 1},
   [2] = {player2 = 2},
}
local id, message = rednet.receive()
local level = nil

for i = 1, #playerLevels do -- Loop through the table
   if playerLevels[i][message] then -- Check if the player's name is valid
	  level = i
	  break --break out of the loop, not neccessary but the other things wont hit, unless you have somebody twice in it
   end
end

if level then -- To check if level is nil or not
	if stuff then
	   -- do stuff
	end
end

I hope I helped :)/>

Edit: Providied some more info

Lasere123456, on 03 April 2013 - 07:39 AM said:

but i am having problems whit finding out the sec level of the players.

I totally agree with you if you haven't defined it :P/>
Simply create a table like this:

local secLevel = {
  Player1 = 1,
  Player2 = 3,
  Player3 = 2
}

print(secLevel.Player1)
--Or
print(secLevel["Player1"])

Edit: Again too late? wow, I don't have any luck today :D/>

Edit2:

local secLevel = {
  Player1 = 1,
  Player2 = 3,
  Player3 = 2
}

while true do
  local id, player = rednet.receive()
  rednet.send(id, secLevel[player] or 0)
end

Engineer, on 03 April 2013 - 08:00 AM said:

playerLevels = { -- Table of players with security level.
   player1 = 1,
   player2 = 2,
}

-- [...]

for i = 1, #playerLevels do -- Loop through the table
   if playerLevels[message] then -- Check if the player's name is valid
	  level = i
	  break --break out of the loop, not neccessary but the other things wont hit, unless you have somebody twice in it
   end
end

--[...]

I don't think that'll work.
If you set a string as an index for a table you can't adress it with a number :P/>
(So #tab won't work)

thanks

JokerRH, on 03 April 2013 - 08:06 AM said:

Engineer, on 03 April 2013 - 08:00 AM said:

playerLevels = { -- Table of players with security level.
   player1 = 1,
   player2 = 2,
}

-- [...]

for i = 1, #playerLevels do -- Loop through the table
   if playerLevels[message] then -- Check if the player's name is valid
	  level = i
	  break --break out of the loop, not neccessary but the other things wont hit, unless you have somebody twice in it
   end
end

--[...]

I don't think that'll work.
If you set a string as an index for a table you can't adress it with a number :P/>
(So #tab won't work)

Now it does!:P/>

OK, so i used the code you gave me and made this:

http://pastebin.com/eutyzbdf

then i sendt it this message ("rednet.send(117, "_TheSettler_", true )
but it only returns the sender id and message not the accsess level…

Try this code: http://pastebin.com/7dLwVKws

And where is true part for in your rednet.send(–blabla)?
Or are you using channels?

Edit: Oops.. Try this one: http://pastebin.com/1bJCSNQC

Error on line 26

(added the missing s in access, still don't work)

Lol Im an herp-a-derp today: http://pastebin.com/Rz1r8e36

error on line 28…. nill value error

Try this:

server

rednet.open("back")

local secLevel = {
  Player1 = 1,
  Player2 = 3,
  Player3 = 2
}

while true do
  local id, player = rednet.receive()
  rednet.send(id, secLevel[player] or 0)
end

client:

local id, player = ...
id = tonumber(id)

rednet.open("right")
rednet.send(id, player)

local _, lvl = rednet.receive()
print(lvl)

Save both to a file on your computer (for example the serverprogramm to server and the clientprogram to client)
then type
server
to run the server and
client <id> <player>
(id is the id of your server computer)
to run the client

Damn now I feel like a nub again. Its better to use jokeRH's way. I modified it a little bit; ["name"] are neccesary because name can start with a number. This works, I have tested it. pastebin.com/uf3gq346

Edit: Sorry for the program previously not to work. I was like: Herp-a-Derp!

Thanks to all of you.