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	Returns information about the player's specializations.		Returns information about the player's specializations.
	local id, name, description, icon, background, role = GetSpecializationInfo(specIndex [, isInspect [, isPet]])		local id, name, description, icon, background, role = GetSpecializationInfo(specIndex [, isInspect [, isPet [, ? [, genderCode]]]])

	== Arguments ==		== Arguments ==
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	;isInspect : Optional boolean - If true, query specialization information for the inspected unit.		;isInspect : Optional boolean - If true, query specialization information for the inspected unit.
	;isPet : Optional boolean - If true, query specialization information for the player's pet.		;isPet : Optional boolean - If true, query specialization information for the player's pet.
			;genderCode : Number - Index returned by {{Api\|UnitSex}}().

	== Returns ==		== Returns ==

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	== Returns ==		== Returns ==
	;id : Number - [[~~Specialization_IDs\|specialization ID~~]].		;id : Number - [[specializationID]].
	;name : String - specialization name, e.g. "Balance".		;name : String - specialization name, e.g. "Balance".
	;description : String - description of the specialization, e.g. "Can take on the form of a powerful Moonkin, balancing the power of Arcane and Nature magic to destroy enemies at a distance."		;description : String - description of the specialization, e.g. "Can take on the form of a powerful Moonkin, balancing the power of Arcane and Nature magic to destroy enemies at a distance."
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	== Details ==		== Details ==
	* Despite the argument names, this function does not appear to return valid information for inspected units. FrameXML uses {{api\|GetInspectSpecialization}}("unit") to retrieve a specialization ID instead.~~<br>~~Warning: As of 2012/07/12, this seems to be quite often buggy: The return of GetInspectSpecialization() should be a number less than 500, but sometimes is far greater and not interpretable. FrameXML is therefore 'validating' the value by calling GetSpecializationRoleByID(), and only if that returns a non-nil value, it decodes the number with GetSpecializationInfoByID().		* Despite the argument names, this function does not appear to return valid information for inspected units. FrameXML uses {{api\|GetInspectSpecialization}}("unit") to retrieve a specialization ID instead.
			** ''Warning: As of 2012/07/12, this seems to be quite often buggy. The return of GetInspectSpecialization() should be a number less than 500, but sometimes is far greater and not interpretable. FrameXML is therefore 'validating' the value by calling GetSpecializationRoleByID(), and only if that returns a non-nil value, it decodes the number with GetSpecializationInfoByID().

	== Patch history ==		== Patch history ==

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	== Returns ==		== Returns ==
	;id : Number - specialization ID.		;id : Number - [[Specialization_IDs\|specialization ID]].
	;name : String - specialization name, e.g. "Balance".		;name : String - specialization name, e.g. "Balance".
	;description : String - description of the specialization, e.g. "Can take on the form of a powerful Moonkin, balancing the power of Arcane and Nature magic to destroy enemies at a distance."		;description : String - description of the specialization, e.g. "Can take on the form of a powerful Moonkin, balancing the power of Arcane and Nature magic to destroy enemies at a distance."

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{{wowapi}}
Returns information about the player's specializations.
local id, name, description, icon, background, role = GetSpecializationInfo(specIndex [, isInspect [, isPet]])

== Arguments ==
;specIndex : Number - Index of the specialization to query, ascending from 1 to {{api|GetNumSpecializations}}().
;isInspect : Optional boolean - If true, query specialization information for the inspected unit.
;isPet : Optional boolean - If true, query specialization information for the player's pet.

== Returns ==
;id : Number - specialization ID.
;name : String - specialization name, e.g. "Balance".
;description : String - description of the specialization, e.g. "Can take on the form of a powerful Moonkin, balancing the power of Arcane and Nature magic to destroy enemies at a distance."
;icon : String - Texture path to this specialization's icon.
;background : String - Background texture name for this talent tree; prepend "Interface\TALENTFRAME\" to this value for a valid texture path.
;role : String - This specialization's intended role in a party, one of "DAMAGER", "TANK", "HEALER".

== Details ==
* Despite the argument names, this function does not appear to return valid information for inspected units. FrameXML uses {{api|GetInspectSpecialization}}("unit") to retrieve a specialization ID instead.<br>Warning: As of 2012/07/12, this seems to be quite often buggy: The return of GetInspectSpecialization() should be a number less than 500, but sometimes is far greater and not interpretable. FrameXML is therefore 'validating' the value by calling GetSpecializationRoleByID(), and only if that returns a non-nil value, it decodes the number with GetSpecializationInfoByID().

== Patch history ==
{{Patch 5.0.4|note=Replaced {{api|GetTalentTabInfo}}.}}

== See also ==
* {{api|GetActiveSpecGroup}}
* {{api|SetActiveSpecGroup}}
* {{api|GetNumSpecGroups}}
* {{api|GetSpecialization}}
* {{api|GetNumUnspentTalents}}
* {{api|GetNumSpecializations}}
* {{api|GetSpecializationRole}}
* {{api|t=e|ACTIVE_TALENT_GROUP_CHANGED}}