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=== Returns === | === Returns === | ||
:link | :;link : String - The link string for the specified item, or nil if the slot is empty. | ||
== Example == | |||
=== Code === | |||
local mainHandLink = GetInventoryItemLink("player",GetInventorySlotInfo("MainHandSlot")) | |||
local _, _, itemCode = strfind(mainHandLink, "(%d+):") | |||
local _, _, _, _, _, itemType = GetItemInfo(itemCode) | |||
DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(itemType) | |||
=== Results === | |||
Prints the subtype of the mainhand weapon - for example "Mace" or "Sword". | |||
=== Comments === | |||
The 2rd line of the example is used to strip down the link returned by the function into a format that [[API GetItemInfo|GetItemInfo]] will accept. You can't pass a link from [[API GetInventoryItemLink|GetInventoryItemLink]] to [[API GetItemInfo|GetItemInfo]] directly. | |||
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Revision as of 14:52, 5 December 2005
Get a link string for the specified item.
link = GetInventoryItemLink("unit", slotId)
Parameters
Arguments
- ("unit", slotId)
- unit
- String - The UnitId of the unit whose inventory is to be queried.
- slotId
- Numeric - The inventory slot to be queried, obtained via GetInventorySlotInfo.
Returns
- link
- String - The link string for the specified item, or nil if the slot is empty.
Example
Code
local mainHandLink = GetInventoryItemLink("player",GetInventorySlotInfo("MainHandSlot"))
local _, _, itemCode = strfind(mainHandLink, "(%d+):")
local _, _, _, _, _, itemType = GetItemInfo(itemCode)
DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(itemType)
Results
Prints the subtype of the mainhand weapon - for example "Mace" or "Sword".
Comments
The 2rd line of the example is used to strip down the link returned by the function into a format that GetItemInfo will accept. You can't pass a link from GetInventoryItemLink to GetItemInfo directly.