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+Returns basic information about another player from their GUID.
+ locClass, engClass, locRace, engRace, gender, name, server = GetPlayerInfoByGUID("guid")
-Returns basic information about another player from their GUID
+== Arguments ==
+;guid
+: String - The GUID of the player you're querying about.
- localizedClass, englishClass, localizedRace, englishRace, sex = GetPlayerInfoByGUID("guid")
+== Returns ==
+;locClass
+: String - Class of the character in question (localized)
+;engClass
+: String - Class of the character in question (in English)
+;locRace
+: String - Race of the character in question (localized)
+;engRace
+: String - Race of the character in question (in English)
+; gender
+: String - Gender of the character in question (2: male, 3: female).
+; name
+: String - Name of the character in question (first letter uppercased).
+; server
+: String - Server of the character in question (first letter uppercased). If the character is on the same server then the empty string "".
-== Parameters ==
+== Notes ==
-=== Arguments ===
+* This function was added in [[Patch 3.2]]
-:;guid : String - The GUID of the player you're querying about
+* The information is not encoded in the GUID itself; as such, no data is available until the client has encountered the queried GUID.
+* You can test it with the below (requiring a target, nil if the target is not a player).
-=== Returns ===
+ /run print([https://wowwiki.fandom.com/wiki/API_GetPlayerInfoByGUID GetPlayerInfoByGUID](UnitGUID("target")))
-:;localizedClass : String - Class of the character in question (localized)
-:;englishClass : String - Class of the character in question (in English)
-:;localizedRace : String - Race of the character in question (localized)
-:;englishRace : String - Race of the character in question (in English)
-:;sex : String - Gender of the character in question
-== Example ==
-== Details ==
-This function was added in patch 3.2 (August, 2009)
-The information is not encoded in the GUID itself: The function yields nothing until the game client saw anything from that GUID.
-[[Category:World of Warcraft API]]