WoW:API GetInventoryItemLink: Difference between revisions

WoW:API GetInventoryItemLink (source)

323 bytes removed , 4 February 2007

→‎Example: Removed link cleaning for GetItemInfo, not needed anymore

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 === Code ===
   local mainHandLink = GetInventoryItemLink("player",GetInventorySlotInfo("MainHandSlot"))
- local _, _, itemCode = strfind(mainHandLink, "(%d+):")
+  local _, _, _, _, _, itemType = GetItemInfo(mainHandLink)
-  local _, _, _, _, _, itemType = GetItemInfo(itemCode)
   DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(itemType)
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 Prints the subtype of the mainhand weapon - for example "Mace" or "Sword".
-=== Comments ===
-The 2nd 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 '''GetInventoryItemLink''' to [[API GetItemInfo|GetItemInfo]] directly.
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