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{{Server client function}}
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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.
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 be used to get the resource name of any ''resource-data''.}}
{{Note| This function can also be used to get the resource name of any ''resource-data''.}}


==Syntax==  
==Syntax==  

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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