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: UnitName("player") (or any other unit) will return "Unknown Entity" (Actually the value of the UNKNOWNOBJECT global) if called before the unit in question has been fully loaded into the world. | : UnitName("player") (or any other unit) will return "Unknown Entity" (Actually the value of the UNKNOWNOBJECT global) if called before the unit in question has been fully loaded into the world. | ||
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Revision as of 05:35, 4 January 2006
Synopsis
Returns the name of the specified unit.
name = UnitName("unit")
Arguments
- ("unit")
- unit
- String - The UnitId to query (e.g. "player", "party2", "pet", "target" etc.)
Returns
- name
- name
- String - The name of the specified unit.
Example
local playerName = UnitName("player");
ChatFrame1:AddMessage('Hi my name is: ' .. playerName);
Result
- Prints the player's name to the chat frame. e.g.
Hi my name is: Octon
Details
- UnitName("player") (or any other unit) will return "Unknown Entity" (Actually the value of the UNKNOWNOBJECT global) if called before the unit in question has been fully loaded into the world.