GetElementType

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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

There are a total of 11 strings this function returns:

  • "player": A player connected to the server
  • "vehicle":: A vehicle
  • "object": An object
  • "pickup": A pickup
  • "blip": A blip
  • "marker": A marker
  • "spawnpoint": A spawnpoint
  • "remoteclient": A remote client connected to the server
  • "colshape": A collision shape
  • "console": The server Console
  • "unknown": Unknown element type

This function will return false if theElement is invalid.

Example

This example destroys a haystack when a player targets it 

function onPlayerTargeted ( targetElem )
    -- if the targeted object is a haystack 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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