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{{Needs Checking|Works only if the plate text was set earlier, mantis #2457 --[[User:Norby89|Norby89]] 13:47, 26 August 2007 (CDT)}}
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string getVehiclePlateText ( vehicle theVehicle )
string getVehiclePlateText ( vehicle theVehicle )
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{{OOP||[[vehicle]]:getPlateText|plateText|setVehiclePlateText}}
===Required Arguments===  
===Required Arguments===  
*'''theVehicle:''' The [[vehicle]] that you wish to retrieve the plate text from.
*'''theVehicle:''' the [[vehicle]] that you wish to retrieve the plate text from.


===Returns===
===Returns===
Returns a ''string'' that corresponds to the plate on the text, ''false'' if a bad argument was passed or if the vehicle is not a car.
Returns a ''string'' that corresponds to the plate on the text, ''false'' if a bad argument was passed or if it is not a vehicle. Every vehicle (including planes, boats, etc.) has a numberplate, even if it's not visible.


==Example==  
==Example==  
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This example outputs the text on the license plate of the vehicle the player is driving to the chatbox.
This example outputs the text on the license plate of the vehicle the player is driving to the chatbox.
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function outputLicensePlate ( command )
function outputLicensePlate ( command )
  -- get the vehicle the local player is in
    if isPedInVehicle(localPlayer) then --let's check if they're in a vehicle
  local localPlayerOccupiedVehicle = getPlayerOccupiedVehicle ( getLocalPlayer() )
        -- if they are in a vehicle
  -- if he is in a vehicle,
        local vehicle = getPedOccupiedVehicle ( localPlayer ) --let's get the vehicle
  if localPlayerOccupiedVehicle then
        local plateText = getVehiclePlateText ( vehicle ) --get the license plate text
    -- get the license plate text
        if plateText then -- if there was a license plate,
    local plateText = getVehiclePlateText ( localPlayerOccupiedVehicle )
            outputChatBox ( "Your license plate is: " .. plateText )-- output it to the chatbox
    -- if there was a license plate,
        else
    if plateText then
            outputChatBox ( "Your vehicle has no license plate." )
      -- output it to the chatbox
        end
      outputChatBox ( "Your license plate is: " .. plateText )
     else
     else
      outputChatBox ( "Your vehicle has no license plate." )
        outputChatBox ( "You're not in a vehicle." )
     end
     end
  else
    outputChatBox ( "You're not in a vehicle." )
  end
end
end
-- add our function as a handler to the "plate" command
-- add our function as a handler to the "plate" command

Latest revision as of 20:33, 13 October 2014

This function is used to retrieve the text on the number plate of a specified vehicle.

Syntax

string getVehiclePlateText ( vehicle theVehicle )

OOP Syntax Help! I don't understand this!

Method: vehicle:getPlateText(...)
Variable: .plateText
Counterpart: setVehiclePlateText


Required Arguments

  • theVehicle: the vehicle that you wish to retrieve the plate text from.

Returns

Returns a string that corresponds to the plate on the text, false if a bad argument was passed or if it is not a vehicle. Every vehicle (including planes, boats, etc.) has a numberplate, even if it's not visible.

Example

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Client

This example outputs the text on the license plate of the vehicle the player is driving to the chatbox. 

function outputLicensePlate ( command )
    if isPedInVehicle(localPlayer) then --let's check if they're in a vehicle
         -- if they are in a vehicle
         local vehicle = getPedOccupiedVehicle ( localPlayer ) --let's get the vehicle
         local plateText = getVehiclePlateText ( vehicle ) --get the license plate text
         if plateText then -- if there was a license plate,
             outputChatBox ( "Your license plate is: " .. plateText )-- output it to the chatbox
         else
             outputChatBox ( "Your vehicle has no license plate." )
         end
    else
         outputChatBox ( "You're not in a vehicle." )
    end
end
-- add our function as a handler to the "plate" command
addCommandHandler( "plate", outputLicensePlate )

See Also


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