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Displays a custom message to the default chat frame, for the user to see. A prefix and suffix can also be added, with ease, in the function. This is just to save you from typing out, ''DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Prefix " .. "Hello world!" .. " Suffix", 1, 1, 1);'' everytime you want to tell the user something. | Displays a custom message to the default chat frame, for the user to see. A prefix and suffix can also be added, with ease, in the function. This is just to save you from typing out, ''DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Prefix " .. "Hello world!" .. " Suffix", 1, 1, 1);'' everytime you want to tell the user something. | ||
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Latest revision as of 04:49, 15 August 2023
This page documents a <i>user-defined function</i> that you can copy and paste into your addon. Replace PREFIX with your addon or lib prefix to avoid conflicts between different versions of these functions.
Displays a custom message to the default chat frame, for the user to see. A prefix and suffix can also be added, with ease, in the function. This is just to save you from typing out, DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Prefix " .. "Hello world!" .. " Suffix", 1, 1, 1); everytime you want to tell the user something.
<PREFIX>_printMSG("Hello world!");
Function Parameters
Arguments
- msg
- String - This is the message you wish to display.
Returns
- nil
Example
<PREFIX>_printMSG("Hello world!");
Result
Displays the words Prefix Hello world! Suffix, in the default chat frame.
Code
function <PREFIX>_printMSG(msg)
DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Prefix " .. msg .. " Suffix", 1, 1, 1);
end