GetAccountName

This function retrieves the name of an account.

Syntax

string getAccountName ( account theAccount )

OOP Syntax Help! I don't understand this!

Note: This function is also a static function underneath the Account class.

Method: account:getName(...)

Variable: .name

Required Arguments

• theAccount: The account you wish to get the name of

Returns

Returns a string containing the account's name, false if the account does not exist or an invalid argument was passed to the function.

Example

This example announces into the console when a player logs into his account.

function outputOnLogin ( previous_account, current_account, auto_login ) --when a player logs in
	outputConsole(getAccountName(previous_account).." Logged into "..getAccountName(current_account)) -- announce it into the console
end
addEventHandler("onPlayerLogin",getRootElement(),outputOnLogin ) --add an event handler

See Also

• addAccount
• copyAccountData
• getAccount
• getAccountData
• getAccountName
• getAccountPlayer
• getAccountSerial
• getAccounts
• getAccountsBySerial
• getAllAccountData
• getPlayerAccount
• isGuestAccount
• logIn
• logOut
• removeAccount
• setAccountData
• setAccountPassword
• getAccountByID
• getAccountID
• getAccountIP
• getAccountsByData
• getAccountsByIP
• setAccountName