WoW:API GetMapContinents

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Returns a list of continent names.

continent_1, continent_2, ..., continent_N = GetMapContinents();

Parameters

Returns

continent_1, continent_2, ..., continent_N

continent_i

String - The name of the i'th continent, (i corresponds to the value GetCurrentMapContinent() returns)

Example

local continentNames, key, val = { GetMapContinents() } ;
for key, val in pairs(continentNames) do
 DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("#" .. key .. ": " .. val);
end

Result

A list of the continent names is displayed in the default chat frame.

#1: Kalimdor
#2: Eastern Kingdoms
#3: Outland
 #4: Northrend
 #5: The Maelstrom
#6: Pandaria
 #7: Draenor

Details

Note that as more expansions are releases, the output of this function may change.