WoW API: UnitRace
Returns the race (Tauren, Orc, etc) of the specified unit.
race, raceEn = UnitRace("unit");
- Arguments
- ("unit")
- unit
- String - The UnitId to get information from.
- Returns
- race
- The localized race of the specified unit as a string. e.g. Tauren, Orc etc.
- raceEn
- The race in english as a string. e.g Tauren, Orc etc.
- (Note for undead: race returns "Undead" but raceEn returns "Scourge")
- 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)