WoW API: GetSkillLineInfo

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Returns the name and other information which is associated with the specific skill or skill header in the game.

skillName, isHeader, isExpanded, skillRank, numTempPoints, skillModifier,
  skillMaxRank, isAbandonable, stepCost, rankCost, minLevel, skillCostType,
  skillDescription = GetSkillLineInfo(skillIndex)

Parameters

Arguments

(skillIndex)

skillIndex

Integer - The row of the skill display to request information from.

Returns

skillName, isHeader, isExpanded, skillRank, numTempPoints, skillModifier, skillMaxRank, isAbandonable, stepCost, rankCost, minLevel, skillCostType, skillDescription

skillName

String - The name of the skill/header

isHeader

Flag - 1 if row is header, nil otherwise.

isExpanded

Flag - 1 if row is expanded, nil otherwise.

skillRank

Integer - The current rank for the current skill

numTempPoints

Integer - Temporary points for the current skill

skillModifier

Integer - Skill modifier value for the current skill

skillMaxRank

Integer - The maximum rank for the current skill

isAbandonable

Flag - 1 if skill can be unlearned, nil otherwise.

stepCost

Flag - 1 if skill can be learned, nil otherwise.

rankCost

Flag - 1 if skill can be trained, nil otherwise.

minLevel

Integer - Minimum level required to learn this skill

skillCostType

Integer - Unknown, seems to be related to primary and secondary skills

skillDescription

String - Skill Description Text, localised

Example

for skillIndex = 1, GetNumSkillLines() do
  local skillName, isHeader, isExpanded, skillRank, numTempPoints, skillModifier,
    skillMaxRank, isAbandonable, stepCost, rankCost, minLevel, skillCostType,
    skillDescription = GetSkillLineInfo(skillIndex)
  if not isHeader then
     print(string.format("Skill: %s - %s", skillName, skillRank))
  end
end

Result

Prints each skills's name and rank.

Two-Handed Mace - 229
Cooking - 278
Staves - 150
Leatherworking - 300

Another Example

Lets say you only want a specific return value, and you do not want to waste a lot of variables or characters to get it. What you can do is assign all the returns values to an array, and then select the element of the array that corresponds with the return value you want. For example if you wanted only the skillRank of riding(if you have all the secondary skills) you can use the following code:

/script array = {GetSkillLineInfo(12)}
/script DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(array[4])

Where:

• 12 is the skillIndex of Riding.
• 4 is the index of the skillRank in the array

For more information on this method try the Lua website:[1]