WoW API: DoEmote

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DoEmote("token"[, "player"]);

Executes an emote.

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Arguments

("token", "player")

token

String - the token that describes which emote is being used. See Emotes Tokens

target

Any - if a string or number is set for this argument, the emote will behave as if no target were selected.

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Returns

Nothing.

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Details

Executes one of the emotes based on the given token, including vocal emotes. The list of currently valid emotes is given in ChatFrame.lua, defined as one of the EMOTEx_TOKEN constants. x starts at 1 and currently goes up to 171 (as of 2.1.2). Certain emotes may also trigger character animations and sound effects.

As of August 21, 2008 (2.4.3), if the function has only the first argument, it automatically produces a targeted emote if a target exists or a non-targeted emote if none exists. Supplying a string or number to the "target" argument appears to force the function to behave as if no target were selected, regardless of an actual target.