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 == Base Values ==
-; <tt>"focus"</tt> : The current player's focus target as selected by the /focus command. (Added in 2.0.0)
+; <tt>"arena''N''"</tt> : Opposing arena member with index ''N'' (1,2,3,4,5).
+; <tt>"focus"</tt> : The current player's focus target as selected by the /focus command. (Added in 2.0.0).
+; <tt>"mouseover"</tt> : The unit which the mouse is currently (or was most recently) hovering over.
-; <tt>"player"</tt> : The current player.
+; <tt>"none"</tt>: A valid unit token that always refers to no unit. [[API_UnitName|UnitName]] will return "Unknown, nil" for this UnitID. Use to force a macro to not auto self-cast ([[Making_a_macro#.5Btarget.3Dunit.5D|/cast [target=none] Healing Wave]]).
-; <tt>"pet"</tt> : The current player's pet
+; <tt>"party''N''"</tt> : The ''N''th party member excluding the player (1,2,3 or 4).
-; <tt>"vehicle"</tt> : The current player's vehicle
+; <tt>"partypet''N''"</tt> : The pet of the ''N''th party member (N is 1,2,3, or 4) (Added in 1.5.0).
-; <tt>"party''N''"</tt> : The ''N''th party member excluding the player (1,2,3 or 4)
+; <tt>"pet"</tt> : The current player's pet.
-; <tt>"partypet''N''"</tt> : The pet of the ''N''th party member (N is 1,2,3, or 4) (Added in 1.5.0)
+; <tt>"player"</tt> : The current player.
 ; <tt>"raid''N''"</tt> : The raid member with [[raidIndex]] ''N'' (1,2,3,...,40).
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 ; <tt>"raidpet''N''"</tt> : The pet of the raid member with [[raidIndex]] ''N'' (1,2,3,...,40)  (Added in 1.5.0)
-; <tt>"arena''N''"</tt> : Opposing arena member with index ''N'' (1,2,3,4,5).
+; <tt>"target"</tt> : The currently targeted unit. May be overridden in macros by unit specified as a value of respective Secure Button attribute.
-; <tt>"target"</tt> : The currently targetted unit. May be overriden in macros by unit specified as a value of respective Secure Button attribute.
+; <tt>"vehicle"</tt> : The current player's vehicle.
-; <tt>"playertarget"</tt> : The currently targetted unit. Always.
-; <tt>"mouseover"</tt> : The unit which the mouse is currently (or was most recently) hovering over
-; <tt>"none"</tt>: A valid unit token that always refers to no unit. [[API_UnitName|UnitName]] will return "Unknown, nil" for this UnitID.
 ==Others==
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 == Notes ==
+* Many of the functions which take a UnitId only provide useful results for a subset of ID's. Other functions will only provide information for friendly targets (or those upon which a power is active).
-Many of the functions which take a UnitId only provide useful results for a subset of ID's. Other functions will only provide information for friendly targets (or those upon which a power is active).
+* Some functions return different values if the target is close enough to be 'visible' to your client (not necessarily in line of sight), as can be determined with [[API UnitIsVisible|UnitIsVisible("unit")]], versus farther away.
+* Units that are '''not''' available to the current player are (where ''unit'' is not "player"): ''unit''focus and ''unit''mouseover.
-Also, some functions return different values if the target is close enough to be 'visible' to your client (not necessarily in line of sight), as can be determined with [[API UnitIsVisible|UnitIsVisible("unit")]], versus farther away.