WoW:API UnitRace

UnitRace -Documentation by The_ED-

Returns the race (Tauren, Orc, etc) of the specified unit.

race = UnitRace("unit");

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Arguments

("unit")

unit

String - The UnitId to get information from.

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Returns

race

The race of the specified unit as a string. e.g. Tauren, Orc, Guerrier, etc.

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Example

local race = UnitRace("player");
ChatFrame1:AddMessage('Your player is a : ' .. race .. );

Result

Prints the player's race to the chat frame as

'Your player is a : Tauren'.  (Or whichever race the specified unit is)