WoW API: getglobal

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Get a global variable, from a string.

getglobal("globalName")

Parameters

Arguments

("globalName")

globalName

String - Name of the global you want to get.

Returns

The object from the given string.

Details

This function is used to get an object if you generate the name of the object manually in your script:

i = some_dynamic_number;
local curFrame = getglobal("myFrame"..i)