WoW:USERAPI SlashCmdList AddSlashCommand

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Add slash commands.

SlashCmdList_AddSlashCommand(name, func, ...)

Function Parameters

Arguments

name

Unique identifier (e.g. MYADDON_SLASHCMD)

func

The function (variable or actual function)

...

A list of commands with or without the leading slash

Returns

nil

Example

The following snippets do the same thing.

SlashCmdList_AddSlashCommand('MYADDON_SLASHCMD', function(msg)
    DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(msg or 'nil')
end, 'myaddon', 'ma')

SlashCmdList['MYADDON_SLASHCMD'] = function(msg)
    DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(msg or 'nil')
end
SLASH_MYADDON_SLASHCMD1 = '/myaddon'
SLASH_MYADDON_SLASHCMD2 = '/ma'

Code

function SlashCmdList_AddSlashCommand(name, func, ...)
    SlashCmdList[name] = func
    local command = ''
    for i = 1, select('#', ...) do
        command = select(i, ...)
        if strsub(command, 1, 1) ~= '/' then
            command = '/' .. command
        end
        _G['SLASH_'..name..i] = command
    end
end