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<function name="SetNWString" parent="Entity" type="classfunc">⤶ <description>⤶ Sets a networked string value on the entity.⤶ ⤶ The value can then be accessed with <page>Entity:GetNWString</page> both from client and server.⤶ ⤶ <note>Running this function clientside will only set it for the client it is called on.</note>⤶ </description>⤶ <realm>Shared</realm>⤶ <args>⤶ <arg name="key" type="string">The key to associate the value with</arg>⤶ <arg name="value" type="string">The value to set, up to 199 characters.</arg>⤶ </args>⤶ </function>⤶ ⤶ <example>⤶ <description>⤶ Sets a networked string with a key of "Nickname" and a value of ⤶ "John" on a player.⤶ </description>⤶ <code>⤶ player:SetNWString( "Nickname", "John" )⤶ print( player:GetNWString( "Nickname" ) )⤶ </code>⤶ <output>"John"</output>⤶ ⤶ </example>