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#REDIRECT [[RU/getWeaponNameFromID]]
{{Server client function}}
This function allows you to retrieve the name of a weapon from an ID.  Note it also allows you to retrieve the name of other methods of death, such as ''Fall'' and ''Rammed''.
 
==Syntax==
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
string getWeaponNameFromID ( int id )           
</syntaxhighlight>
 
===Required Arguments===
*'''id:''' The ID you wish to retrieve the name of
 
===Returns===
Returns a string of the name of the weapon, ''false'' otherwise.
 
==Example==
<section name="Server" class="server" show="true">
This example displays a death message in the format of "* ''Killer'' killed ''dead'' (''Weapon'')"
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
function scriptOnPlayerWasted ( totalammo, killer, killerweapon, bodypart ) --when a player dies
local causeOfDeath = getWeaponNameFromID ( killerweapon ) --get the name of 'killerweapon' and define it as 'causeOfDeath'
local killedPerson = getClientName ( source ) --get the name of the player who died and define it as 'killedPerson'
if ( killer ) then --if there was a killer
local killerPerson = getClientName ( killer ) --get the name of the killer and define it as 'killerPerson'
if ( killer == source ) then --if the killer is the same as the person who died i.e. he killed himself
outputChatBox ( "* "..killerPerson.." died ("..causeOfDeath..")", getRootElement(), 255, 100, 100 ) --output in the chatbox that  he died and the method he died in the brackets
else --if the killer is not the same as the person who died
outputChatBox ( "* "..killerPerson.." killed "..killedPerson.." ("..causeOfDeath..")", getRootElement(), 255, 100, 100 ) --output in the chatbox that he was killed by the killer and the method in brackets
end
else --if there was no killer
outputChatBox ( "* "..killedPerson .. " died (" ..causeOfDeath..")", getRootElement(), 255, 100, 100 ) --output in the chatbox that the person died and how he died
end
end
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerWasted", getRootElement(), scriptOnPlayerWasted ) --add an event handler for onPlayerWasted
</syntaxhighlight>
</section>
 
==See Also==
{{Weapon functions}}

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