WoW:API EditBox GetText

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str = editBox:GetText()

Returns the String that is currently entered in the EditBox.

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Arguments

???

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Returns

str

str

String - the current String in the EditBox

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Details

Note that the special characters "|" and "\" are escaped in the returned string. That way GetText() returns "||" instead of "|" and "\\" instead of "\".

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Comments

If you want to read in numbers you should use the GetNumber() function instead.