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This function gets the radius from a element.
This function gets the radius of an [[element]]. Normally, sphere or circle-shaped elements tend to return a more accurate and expected radius than others with another shapes.


==Syntax==  
==Syntax==  
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
float getElementRadius ( element theElement )
float getElementRadius ( element theElement )
</syntaxhighlight>  
</syntaxhighlight>
{{New feature/item|3.0141|1.4.0|6987|{{OOP||[[element]]:getRadius|radius}}}}


===Required Arguments===  
===Required Arguments===  
*'''theElement:''' The element.
*'''theElement:''' The element to get the radius of. It can be any entity type, such as:
** '''[[player|Players]]'''.
** '''[[ped|Peds]]'''.
** '''[[vehicle|Vehicles]]'''.
** '''[[object|Objects]]'''.


===Returns===
===Returns===
Returns ''float'' as radius, ''false'' otherwise.
Returns a ''float'' containing the radius if the element is valid, ''false'' otherwise.


==Example==  
==Example==  
<section name="Client" class="client" show="true">
This example shows how to get and output the radius of every player who types the ''/getmyradius'' command (which will always be ''1'').
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
-- Add example..
local function outputLocalPlayerRadius()
    outputChatBox("Your radius is " .. getElementRadius(localPlayer))
end
addCommandHandler("getmyradius", outputLocalPlayerRadius)
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>
</section>


==See Also==
==See Also==
{{Client element functions}}
{{Client element functions}}

Latest revision as of 13:53, 31 December 2014

This function gets the radius of an element. Normally, sphere or circle-shaped elements tend to return a more accurate and expected radius than others with another shapes.

Syntax

float getElementRadius ( element theElement )

OOP Syntax Help! I don't understand this!

Method: element:getRadius(...)
Variable: .radius

Required Arguments

Returns

Returns a float containing the radius if the element is valid, false otherwise.

Example

This example shows how to get and output the radius of every player who types the /getmyradius command (which will always be 1). 

local function outputLocalPlayerRadius()
    outputChatBox("Your radius is " .. getElementRadius(localPlayer))
end
addCommandHandler("getmyradius", outputLocalPlayerRadius)

See Also



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