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Displays the value of a global variable

/dump value

Aliases

None

Arguments

value

The name of the global variable, table value, or function result you wish to show.

Example

/dump MAX_CHARACTER_NAME_BYTES

Dump: MAX_CHARACTER_NAME_BYTES
MAX_CHARACTER_NAME_BYTES=48

/dump SlashCmdList

Dump: SlashCmdList
SlashCmdList={
 GUILD_MOTD=<function>,
 FOLLOW=<function>,
 (28 more lines follow, not shown in this example)
 <skipped 57>
}

/dump ChatTypeGroup["CHANNEL"]

Dump: value=ChatTypeGroup["CHANNEL"]
[1]={
 [1]="CHAT_MESSAGE_JOIN",
 [2]="CHAT_MESSAGE_LEAVE",
 [3]="CHAT_MESSAGE_NOTICE",
 [4]="CHAT_MESSAGE_NOTICE_USER",
 [5]="CHAT_MESSAGE_LIST",
}

/dump UnitName("player")

Dump: UnitName("player")
[1]="Shalune"

/dump

Dump: value=
empty result

/dump NOTAVALIDNAME

Dump: NOTAVALIDNAME
NOTAVALIDNAME=nil,
empty result

Notes

Added in patch 3.2

This utilizes the new Blizzard_DebugTools interface.

Output is color coded for easier reading

Tables display up to 30 values, the rest are skipped and a message is shown.