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+const discord = require("discord.js")
+/**
+    assigns a given role to a given user
+    @param {discord.User} userVal the target user
+    @param {string} roleName name of role to assign a user
+    @param {discord.Client} bot the bots instance
+*/
+const AddRole = async (userVal, roleName, bot) => {
+    const guild = bot.guilds.cache.first()
+    const role = guild.roles.find("name", roleName)
+
+   
+}
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