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element getElementParent ( element theElement )   
element getElementParent ( element theElement )   
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{{OOP||[[element]]:getParent|parent|setElementParent}}


===Required Arguments===  
===Required Arguments===  
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==Example==
==Example==
<section name="Server" class="server" show="true">
Consider the following map file:
Consider the following map file:
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   theSpawnGroup = getElementParent ( source )  -- get the spawnpoint's parent element
   theSpawnGroup = getElementParent ( source )  -- get the spawnpoint's parent element
   -- announce the parent's ID and the player who spawned there:
   -- announce the parent's ID and the player who spawned there:
   outputChatBox ( getClientName ( thePlayer ) .. " spawned at team " .. getElementID ( theSpawnGroup ) .. "'s spawnpoint." )
   outputChatBox ( getPlayerName ( thePlayer ) .. " spawned at team " .. getElementID ( theSpawnGroup ) .. "'s spawnpoint." )
   -- Example output: "Joe spawned at team blue's spawnpoint."
   -- Example output: "Joe spawned at team blue's spawnpoint."
end
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addEventHandler ( "onSpawnpointUse", getRootElement(), spawnpointUse )
addEventHandler ( "onSpawnpointUse", root, spawnpointUse )
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 13:51, 6 August 2016

This function is used to determine the parent of an element.

Syntax

element getElementParent ( element theElement )

OOP Syntax Help! I don't understand this!

Method: element:getParent(...)
Variable: .parent
Counterpart: setElementParent


Required Arguments

  • theElement: The child of the parent element you want returned.

Returns

This returns the parent as an element. It returns false if theElement is invalid, or is the root node.

Example

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Server

Consider the following map file: 

<spawngroup id="red">
   <spawnpoint id="spawnpoint_0" posX="2507.8715820313" posY="2772.6071777344" posZ="10.8203125" rot="270" skin="285"/>
   <spawnpoint id="spawnpoint_1" posX="2508.060546875" posY="2780.3647460938" posZ="10.8203125" rot="270" skin="285"/>
</spawngroup>
<spawngroup id="blue">
   <spawnpoint id="spawnpoint_5" posX="2733.4184570313" posY="2753.1276855469" posZ="10.8203125" rot="90" skin="124"/>
   <spawnpoint id="spawnpoint_6" posX="2733.5258789063" posY="2748.1110839844" posZ="10.8203125" rot="90" skin="125"/>
</spawngroup>

This function determines a spawnpoint's parent element, and announces its ID: 

function spawnpointUse ( thePlayer )             -- this function gets called whenever a spawnpoint is used
   theSpawnGroup = getElementParent ( source )   -- get the spawnpoint's parent element
   -- announce the parent's ID and the player who spawned there:
   outputChatBox ( getPlayerName ( thePlayer ) .. " spawned at team " .. getElementID ( theSpawnGroup ) .. "'s spawnpoint." )
   -- Example output: "Joe spawned at team blue's spawnpoint."
end
addEventHandler ( "onSpawnpointUse", root, spawnpointUse )

See Also


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