Editing WoW:API Frame RegisterEvent (section)

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Registers which events the object would like to monitor.  This ensures the code placed in the <OnEvent> section is not called for any unneccessary events such as an incoming chat message when your addon is only looking to perform actions based upon the start of casting a spell.  The last frame to register for an event is the last one to receive it.

 obj:RegisterEvent(''event'');

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;''Arguments''

; event : The name of the event to register the object as monitoring.  See [[Events (API)]]

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;''Returns''

:;nil

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;''Example''
 myChatAddon:RegisterEvent("CHAT_MSG");

;''Result''
: You could now add code to the <OnEvent> section of your addon, and anytime a chat message was received it would execute your code.

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;''Description''

: Registers which events an object is monitoring.

: See also: [[API Frame UnregisterEvent|obj:UnregisterEvent]]