How do I check if there are too many characters in text

[worn stratus]

I'm making a chat system and trying to make it so the chats can't be flooded but I'm not sure how to do that, also how do I check for messages with only spaces?

[tiny cove]

local stripped = string.gsub(Message, " ", "")
    if stripped == "" then
        return
    end

U can just remove all spaces from the message and check if the message is empty

As for checking for spam you can just log the amount of messages a player has sent and remove the first entry after a certain time, repeatedly, and if the amount of messages exceed your limit just don’t send anything

there’s def a better solution than that but just throwing out some ideas

[worn stratus]

what about if there's too many spaces before text?

[steel cape]

no, this'll only run if its only spaces

[worn stratus]

yeah but like is there anyway to check for text after the space?

[tiny cove]

This removes all spaces from the text

If the message still contains any content after the removal of the spaces then you have your message..?

[tiny cove]

?

[civic cosmos]

ik im cooked when i dont understand string library

:>