A script to get the total amount of dmg a player has taken

[jamisco]

So far here is mine ...

public void GetPlayer() // get player is just a normal method that will be called somewhere else..fyi
{

foreach (IPlayer playr in Game.GetPlayers())
{
IPlayerStatistics dmg1 = null;

float dmg = dmg1.TotalDamageTaken;

Game.ShowPopupMessage(dmg.ToString());

}
}

now my problem here is in the line ..IPlayerStatistic dmg1 = null; ..... if i were to run this in the game, i get an error msg. this error message .....

Script Error
Error in method 'Profiles(TriggerArgs)' in map script. See the exception for more details:
/* btw the reason it says in method 'Profiles(TriggerArgs)" is because the method GetPlayer() was called in a Method Profiles (TriggerArgs)*/
--- Exception ---
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at SFDScript.GameScript.GetPlayer()
at SFDScript.GameScript.Profiles(TriggerArgs pro)

now my problem is if i don't use null to initialize "IPlayerStatistic dmg1", then i cant write any line of code having to do with this statement ... "dm1.TotalDamageTaken" because i get the error code CS0165 .. which is an error code in visual studio meaning the dmg1 was never initialized. Additionally, i tried doing this dmg = dmg.TotalDamageTaken; ... but it said it cant convert from float to IPlayerStatistics since IPlayerStatics is a type and i doubt it has a parse method... so any one of you guys got a workaround for this. It would be great if you answer would be an improvement on my code but i don't mind if you have to create a whole new code. Thanks

[ShutDownMan]

You can't get a property of a null value...

if:
IPlayerStatistics dmg1 = null;

then
float dmg = dmg1.TotalDamageTaken;
is the same as saying:
float dmg = null.TotalDamageTaken;

the fix is simple just replace your "IPlayerStatistics dmg1 = null;" with:
IPlayerStatistics dmg1 = playr.Statistics;

(try to use proper variable naming)