GetVehicleIDFromName

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This function retrieves the ID of a vehicle as an integer value from its name.

Syntax

int getVehicleIDFromName ( string name )

Required Arguments

  • name: A string containing the name of the vehicle.

Returns

Returns an int if the name exists, false otherwise.

Example

This will allow the player to create a vehicle by name and it's ID will be displayed in the chatbox when the vehicle is spawned. 

addCommandHandler ( "spawnvehicle", "createvehiclecommand" )
function createvehiclecommand ( player, commandName, carname )
--This function is triggered by the text "spawncar" in the console.
--The player must also specify the added varible carname to specify
--what car they wish to spawn.
carid = getVehicleIDFromName ( carname )
--Get the ID of the car the player asked for and store it to the
--varible 'carid'
local x, y, z = getElementPosition ( player )
--Get the position of the player to spawn the car near this location
createVehicle ( carid, x + 5, y, z )
--Spawn the car using it's ID. Spawn it at x + 5 from the player so it doesn't crush him
	if carid == "" then
	outputChatBox ( "That is not a valid car name" )
	else
	outputChatBox ( "A vehicle with an ID of "..carid.." was created!" )
	end
	--A string is always returned in this situation, so if the car doesn't
	--exist the string has no values. If the string does have any value, we
	--announce it in the chatbox because it is a vehicle ID.
end

See Also


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