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===Required Arguments===  
===Required Arguments===  
*'''theElement:''' The element you wish to get the type of.
*'''theElement:''' The [[element]] you wish to get the type of.


===Returns===
===Returns===

Revision as of 02:11, 13 March 2008

This function is used to retrieve the type of an element.

Syntax

string getElementType ( element theElement )

Required Arguments

  • theElement: The element you wish to get the type of.

Returns

Returns a string containing the element type, false if invalid arguments were passed.

Example

This example destroys a haystack when a player targets it 

function onPlayerTargeted ( targetElem )
    -- if the targeted object is a haystack (an object with model ID 3374) remove it from the game.
    if ( getElementType ( targetElem ) == "object" ) and ( getObjectModel ( targetElem ) == 3374 ) then
        destroyElement ( targetElem )
    end
end
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerTargeted", getRootElement(), onPlayerTargeted )    -- add above function as handler for targeting event

See Also


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