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Checks whether the player is in an instance and the type of instance.

inInstance, instanceType = IsInInstance()

"none" when outside an instance "pvp" when in a battleground "arena" when in an arena "party" when in a 5-man instance "raid" when in a raid instance nil when in an unknown kind of instance, eg. in a scenario

This functon returns correct results immediately upon PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD.

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 {{wowapi}} __NOTOC__
+Checks whether the player is in an instance and the type of instance.
+ inInstance, instanceType = IsInInstance()
+== Returns ==
+;inInstance : Boolean - Whether the player is in an instance; nil otherwise.
+;instanceType : String - The instance type:
+;:* "none" when outside an instance
+;:* "pvp" when in a battleground
+;:* "arena" when in an arena
+;:* "party" when in a 5-man instance
+;:* "raid" when in a raid instance
+;:* nil when in an unknown kind of instance, eg. in a scenario
-Returns 1 if the player is in an instance and the type of instance.
+== Details ==
-{{Code/Begin}}
+This functon returns correct results immediately upon PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD.
-inInstance, instanceType = IsInInstance()
-{{Code/End}}
-== Parameters ==
-<big>'''Returns'''</big>
-:inInstance, instanceType
-:;inInstance : Boolean - nil or 1
-:;instanceType : String - see below
-==Details==
-: instanceType is normally "none" when outside of an instance or inside an Arena (in 2.0.1) but is "pvp" when inside a battleground and "party" when inside a 5-man instance, have not tested with raid instances yet.
-: Needs more testing and documentation.
-{{Stub/API}}