How can I make a command block say a player's name?

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How do I make a Minecraft command block to say somebody's name? I tried doing this:

/say You did it @p!

Which says in the chat "You did it @p!".

This occurs on both Pocket Edition and on PC. Here's a screenshot showing what happens:

Command newbie · Accepted Answer

The reason it doesn't work is that you put a character directly after the @p. So, while:

/say You did it @p!

wouldn't work,

/say You did it @p !

does. Inconvenient, as it does include the space in the message, so it would come out as:

[@] You did it [USERNAME] !

However, I don't know a way around it.

Ádám Kara · Answer

You should use /tellraw. /say is not good for anything. example: /tellraw @a {"text":"Congrats you did it","color":"blue","extra":[{"selector":"@p"}]}

How can I make a command block say a player's name?

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