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;race : The localized race of the specified unit as a string. e.g. Tauren, Orc etc. | |||
:;raceEn : The race in english as a string. | :;raceEn : The race in english as a string. Possible returns are: "Human", "NightElf", "Dwarf", "Gnome", "Draenei", "Worgen", "Orc", "Troll", "Scourge", "Tauren", "BloodElf", "Goblin", "Pandaren". As of Patch 7.3.5, Allied Races return: "VoidElf", "LightforgedDraenei", "HighmountainTauren" and "Nightborne". | ||
:(Note for undead: race returns "Undead" but raceEn returns "Scourge") | :(Note for undead: race returns "Undead" but raceEn returns "Scourge") | ||
Revision as of 20:33, 5 February 2018
Returns the race (Tauren, Orc, etc) of the specified unit.
race, raceEn = UnitRace("unit");
- Arguments
- ("unit")
- unit
- String - The UnitId to get information from.
- Returns
- race
- The localized race of the specified unit as a string. e.g. Tauren, Orc etc.
- raceEn
- The race in english as a string. Possible returns are: "Human", "NightElf", "Dwarf", "Gnome", "Draenei", "Worgen", "Orc", "Troll", "Scourge", "Tauren", "BloodElf", "Goblin", "Pandaren". As of Patch 7.3.5, Allied Races return: "VoidElf", "LightforgedDraenei", "HighmountainTauren" and "Nightborne".
- (Note for undead: race returns "Undead" but raceEn returns "Scourge")
- Example
local race = UnitRace("player");
ChatFrame1:AddMessage('Your player is a : ' .. race .. );
- Result
Prints the player's race to the chat frame as 'Your player is a : Tauren'. (Or whichever race the specified unit is)