WoW:API UnitSex

UnitSex - Documentation by Itchyban

Synopsis

Returns the gender of the specified unit.

gender_code = UnitSex("unit")

Arguments

("unit")

unit

String -- The UnitId to query (e.g. "player", "party2", "pet", "target" etc.)

Returns

gender_code

gender_code

Integer -- 0 => Male, 1 => Female, 2 => Neuter/Unknown

NOTE: In 1.11 this will change to 0 => Unknown, 1 => Male and 2=> Female (I think) Sarf 01:01, 16 June 2006 (EDT)

Example

local genderTable = {};
genderTable[0] = "male";
genderTable[1] = "female";
genderTable[2] = "neuter or unknown";
local targetGenderCode = UnitSex("target");
DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage('Target is ' .. genderTable[targetGenderCode] .. '.');

Result

Prints the target's gender to the chat frame. e.g.,

Target is female.

Details

UnitSex("target") (or any likely any other unit) will return 2 (neuter/unknown) on "sheeped" mobs, no matter their "true" gender.

Comments

Thanks to Octon for the nicely formatted UnitName page I "stole" for this.

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