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local output = {}
  function {{PAGENAME}}(order, ...)
  function {{PAGENAME}}(order, ...)
     local output = {}
     output = wipe(output)
     order = tostring(order)
     order = tostring(order)
     for i=1, strlen(order) do
     for i=1, strlen(order) do
         local value = select(tonumber(strsub(order, i, i), ...)
         local value = select(tonumber(strsub(order, i, i)), ...)
         if value ~= nil then
         if value ~= nil then
             table.insert(output, value)
             table.insert(output, value)
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     end
     end
     return unpack(output)
     return unpack(output)
end
Variant
local {{PAGENAME}}_Out
function {{PAGENAME}}(order, ...)
    {{PAGENAME}}_Out = {}
    order = tostring(order)
    for i=1, strlen(order) do
        local value = select(tonumber(strsub(order, i, i)), ...)
        if value ~= nil then
            table.insert({{PAGENAME}}_Out, value)
        end
    end
    return unpack({{PAGENAME}}_Out)
  end
  end


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[[Category:User Defined Functions]]
[[Category:User defined functions]]

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.

← User defined functions

Returns a list of values in whatever order you specify in order and only those you specify in order. Mostly useful for functions that return multiple values. 

ret1, ret2, ... retN = USERAPI GetReturnValues(order, functionCall)
  • Note: the efficiency of this approach is questioned. See the discussion page.

Function Parameters

Arguments

(order, functionCall)
order
number or numeric string
e.g. 17 or "17"
functionCall
a function call that returns a list of values.
e.g GetItemInfo(itemLink)

Returns

the number of and order of return values depend on the number specified in order and on the function passed to functionCall

Example:1

local sName, iRarity, sType, iStackCount = USERAPI GetReturnValues(1368, GetItemInfo(16846));
message(sName..","..iRarity..","..sType..","..iStackCount);

Result:1

USERAPI GetReturnValues will return the first, third, sixth, and eighth return values (in that order) from GetItemInfo(16846)
A message box will pop-up with -
Giantstalker's Helmet,4,Armor,1.

Example:2

local reason, name = USERAPI GetReturnValues(61, GetAddOnInfo("Uber Addon"));
if reason then
    _ERRORMESSAGE(name.." didn't load.\nReason code: "..reason..".");
end

Result:2

USERAPI GetReturnValues will return the sixth and first return values (in that order) from GetAddOnInfo("Uber Addon")
A error message box will pop-up with -
Uber Addon didn't load.
Reason code: MISSING

Code

local output = {}
function USERAPI GetReturnValues(order, ...)
    output = wipe(output)
    order = tostring(order)
    for i=1, strlen(order) do
        local value = select(tonumber(strsub(order, i, i)), ...)
        if value ~= nil then
            table.insert(output, value)
        end
    end
    return unpack(output)
end
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