WoW:API CastSpellByName
- Arguments
- ( name )
- name
- String - Spell Name(as seen when mouse-over).
- Returns
-
- ??
- Example
- ( syntax )
- CastSpellByName("spellname(Rank X)")
CastSpellByName('Life Tap(Rank 2)')
- Result
- Casts life tap on player(This example is warlock specific).
- Description
- Casts a spell by the spells given name.
- Note:
- You might encounter difficulties when using this on a localized version of WoW.
- See the Unicode part of the Localization HOWTO for more details about editing a source file containing localized strings.
- This problem does only appear when working with Lua source files. When you're using macros, inside the WoW client, it should work in unicode directly.
An FYI, as an antibot measure, this function only operates when called directly from a button click. If you try to call it from an event handler such as OnEvent(event) or OnUpdate(elapsed) it will not work. Template:WoW API