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This function gets the ID of an element.
{{Server client function}}
This function gets the ID of an element. This is the "id" attribute of the element and is a string, NOT a number like a model ID, weapons ID or similar.
{{Note| This function can also be used to get the resource name of any ''resource-data''.}}


==Syntax==  
==Syntax==  
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
string getElementID ( element theElement )  
string getElementID ( element theElement )  
</syntaxhighlight>  
</syntaxhighlight>
{{OOP||[[element]]:getID|id|setElementID}}


===Required Arguments===  
===Required Arguments===  
*'''theElement:''' the element from which to retrive the ID.
*'''theElement:''' the element from which to retrieve the ID.


===Returns===
===Returns===
Returns a string containing the element ID, or false if the element is invalid, or has no ID.
This returns a ''string'' containing the element ID. It will return an empty ''string'' if it has no ID. It will return ''false'' if the element is invalid.


==Example==  
==Example==  
To get the ID of the following element:
To get the ID of the following element:
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua"><flag id="northflag" posX="2365" posY="215" posZ="32"></syntaxhighlight>
<syntaxhighlight lang="xml"><flag id="northflag" posX="2365" posY="215" posZ="32" /></syntaxhighlight>
You could use the following code:
You could use the following code:
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
-- assume flag refers to the flag element in the above XML code
-- assume flag refers to the flag element in the above XML code
idstring = getElementID ( flag ) -- get the id of the flag element
idstring = getElementID ( flag )                   -- get the id of the flag element
outputChatBox ( "The flag's ID is: " .. idstring ) -- output: The flag's ID is: northflag
outputChatBox ( "The flag's ID is: " .. idstring ) -- output: The flag's ID is: northflag
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>
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==See Also==
==See Also==
{{Element_functions}}
{{Element_functions}}
[[de:GetElementID]]

Latest revision as of 22:07, 10 February 2024

This function gets the ID of an element. This is the "id" attribute of the element and is a string, NOT a number like a model ID, weapons ID or similar.

[[{{{image}}}|link=|]] Note: This function can also be used to get the resource name of any resource-data.

Syntax

string getElementID ( element theElement )

OOP Syntax Help! I don't understand this!

Method: element:getID(...)
Variable: .id
Counterpart: setElementID


Required Arguments

  • theElement: the element from which to retrieve the ID.

Returns

This returns a string containing the element ID. It will return an empty string if it has no ID. It will return false if the element is invalid.

Example

To get the ID of the following element: 

<flag id="northflag" posX="2365" posY="215" posZ="32" />

You could use the following code: 

-- assume flag refers to the flag element in the above XML code
idstring = getElementID ( flag )                   -- get the id of the flag element
outputChatBox ( "The flag's ID is: " .. idstring ) -- output: The flag's ID is: northflag

See Also

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