get player id from name roblox code example

Example 1: Roblox Get player by name

local function getPlayerFromName(name)
   -- loop over all players:
   for _, player in pairs(game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayers()) do
      -- if their name matches (case insensitive), return with that player:
      if player.Name:lower() == name:lower() then
          return player
      end
   end
   -- if we reach the end of the for-loop, no player with that name was found
end

Example 2: get player id from character roblox

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local function getPlayerByUserId(userId)
	for _, player in pairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do
		if player.UserId == userId then
			return player
		end
	end
end