WoW:API UnitName

UnitName -Documentation by octon-

name = UnitName("unit");

Returns the name of the specified unit.

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Arguments

(unit)

unit

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

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Returns

name

name

String - The name of the specified unit.

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Example

local playerName = UnitName("player");
ChatFrame1:AddMessage('Hi my name is: ' .. playerName);

Result

Prints the player's name to the chat frame as
'Hi my name is: Octon'.  

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Description

Returns the name of the specified unit.

UnitName("player") will return "Unknown Entity" if called from a "PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD" event. This may be a bug.

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