WoW:API CastSpellByName

CastSpellByName -Documentation by Sliver-

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Arguments

( name )

name

String - Spell Name(as seen when mouse-over).

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Returns

??

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Example

( syntax )

CastSpellByName("spellname(Rank X)")

CastSpellByName('Life Tap(Rank 2)')

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Result

Casts life tap on player(This example is warlock specific).

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Description

Casts a spell by the spells given name.

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Note:

You might encounter difficulties when using this on a localized version of WoW.

Get the exact name and suffix of the Spell by using the GetSpellName-function. If the spell's name includes special characters (like ä, á, â,...) you will have to use utf8-escape codes (which you can find here).

This is because Lua currently does not support unicode!

For example, if you're using the german version of the WoW-client, instead of

 CastSpellByName("Dämonenrüstung(Rang 1)");

you will have to write

 CastSpellByName("D\195\164monenr\195\188stung(Rang 1)");

This problem does only appear when working with Lua. When you're just using macro it should work with the ä's and ü's.

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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