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ChatFrame_ResolveChannelName('communityChannel')

Resolves the internal community channel name into the short-name setup by the community admin

Parameters

Arguments

('communityChannel')

communityChannel

String - The name of the (community) channel to resolve.

Returns

'communityShortName - channelName'

string containing the community channel's short-name

if the input doesn't follow the community format, the input is returned back

if the community isn't found, ' - ' is returned

if the channelName is General, then only communityShortName is returned

Example

ChatFrame_ResolveChannelName("Community:123456789:1");
-- Cname
ChatFrame_ResolveChannelName("4: Community:123456789:2");
-- Cname - subChannel
ChatFrame_ResolveChannelName("LocalDefense");
-- LocalDefense
ChatFrame_ResolveChannelName("3: LocalDefense");
-- 3: LocalDefense