Editing WoW:API GetMapZones (section)

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Returns the zone names of a continent

 zone_1, zone_2, ..., zone_N = GetMapZones(continentIndex);

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;''Arguments''

:(continentIndex)
:;continentIndex : Number - Which continent to fetch the zone list from (continent indexes refer to the result of [[API GetMapContinents|GetMapContinents()]]). Currently the values are 1 for Kalimdor, 2 for Eastern Kingdoms, and 3 is for Outlands (without Twisting Nether).

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;''Returns''

:zone_1, zone_2, ..., zone_N
:;zone_''i'' : String - The name of the ''i'''th zone within the continent (''i'' corresponds to the value [[API_GetCurrentMapZone|GetCurrentMapZone()]] returns)

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;''Example 1''

 local function LoadZones(c, ...)
 	for i=1,select('#', ...),1 do
 		c[i] = select(i,...)
 	end
 end
 
 local C1 = {}
 local C2 = {}
 local C3 = {}
 local C4 = {}
 
 LoadZones(C1,GetMapZones(1))
 LoadZones(C2,GetMapZones(2))
 LoadZones(C3,GetMapZones(3))
 LoadZones(C4,GetMapZones(4))

;''Result''
 The array C1 holds all a list of all zone names for Kalimdore, C2 for Eastern Kingdoms, C3 for Outland, and C4 for Northrend.

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;''Example 2''
 ZoneNames = {};
 
 function LoadZones(...)
    for i=1, arg.n, 1 do
       ZoneNames[i] = arg[i];
    end
 end
 
 LoadZones(GetMapZones(2)); -- Eastern Kingdoms

Note that this is equivalent to

 ZoneNames = { GetMapZones(2) } ;

;''Result''
 The array ZoneNames holds all available zone names of the Eastern Kingdoms:
 ZoneNames[1] == "Alterac Mountains"
 ZoneNames[2] == "Arathi Highlands"
 ...
 ZoneNames[25] == "Wetlands"

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;''Details''

: There are a different number of zones on each continent and these may change without notice as new content is added. Use the name of a zone if you wish to make your code future-proof.

: Beware : zone names depend on locale, and zone number too because GetMapZones() returns them in ''alphabetical'' order. So french and german clients do not have the zones returned in the same order than english ones, see the [[LocalizedMapZones|table of localized map zones]].