Get user's id?

[Aiidenb]

Hello!
This is a pretty basic question, but i've searched a lot for it and I can't seem to find a basic answer.

I have a button in which performs a ban function on press.

The function:

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function banUser(username){
         var dataObj:Object = {};
         dataObj.id = userId.toString()
   dataObj.msg = "You have been banned by an online moderator.";
   dataObj.mode = "0";
   smartFox.sendXtMessage("$dmn","ban",dataObj);
   trace(username + " has been banned.");
}

The button calls the players username;

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on(release){
_root.banUser("test");
}

Is there any possible way I can retrieve the user's ID from just their username?
Or in another case, if their anyway to ban a user from their username?
Thanks in advance.

[Bax]

From the Room object you can get the User object you need by means of the Room.getUser method (passing the username as the parameter).
Then on the User object you can get his id by mens of the User.getId method.

[Aiidenb]

Thanks for the reply!

However, i'm still not really understanding a method in coding-wise.
Would you mind giving me an example?

Thanks, Aiden.

[Bax]

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var room:Room = smartFox.getRoomByName(roomname);
var user:User = room.getUser(username);
var userId:int = user.getId();