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Revision as of 01:17, 12 February 2005
name = UnitName("unit");
Returns the name of the specified 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 as 'Hi my name is: Octon'.
- Description
- Returns the name of the specified unit.
- UnitName("player") will return "Unknown Entity" if called from a "PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD" event. This may be a bug.