ArrayList of players, get the player whose name matches String

I am trying to return the player whose name matches "MrSnare"

Code:

ArrayList<Player> onlinePlayers = new ArrayList<String>();
String target = "MrSnare";
if(onlinePlayers.contains(target)){
onlinePlayers.get(target)
}

 

Are you trying to do this via a command eg. /who [name] or when the player joins? Could you also give us more detail?

 

Bukkit.getPlayer("MrSnare");

 

Umm...

In your line 'ArrayList<Player> onlinePlayers = new ArrayList<String>()', you are trying to instantiate an ArrayList of players... by setting it to an ArrayList of Strings... ArrayLists may be generic, but the same constraints apply to them that apply to other objects! You can't do int a = "Hi", just like how you can't do what you wanted with that line.

Instantiate it to a list of players or Strings, not one of each.

And that's the nasty way, you should use Bukkit.getPlayer(String) or Bukkit.getPlayerExact(String). The first is slower but if you have a player named "Bob", calling getPlayer on "bob" will return him.

 

Never looked at the difference between these, very good to know