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{{Server function}}  | |||
This function returns the current text of the specified [[textitem]].  | This function returns the current text of the specified [[textitem]].  | ||
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==Example==    | ==Example==    | ||
Increment a score display. In real scripts it's of course better to just keep a 'score' variable and only use [[textItemSetText]].  | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">  | <syntaxhighlight lang="lua">  | ||
function givePoint ( player )  | |||
    local textitem = scoretextitems[player]  | |||
    local score = textItemGetText ( textitem )  | |||
    score = tostring(tonumber(score) + 1)  | |||
    textItemSetText ( textitem, score )  | |||
end  | |||
</syntaxhighlight>  | </syntaxhighlight>  | ||
Revision as of 17:47, 15 August 2007
This function returns the current text of the specified textitem.
Syntax
string textItemGetText ( textitem theTextitem )
Required Arguments
- theTextitem: A valid textitem.
 
Returns
Returns a string containing the text if the function was successful, false otherwise.
Example
Increment a score display. In real scripts it's of course better to just keep a 'score' variable and only use textItemSetText.
function givePoint ( player )
    local textitem = scoretextitems[player]
    local score = textItemGetText ( textitem )
    score = tostring(tonumber(score) + 1)
    textItemSetText ( textitem, score )
end
See Also
- textCreateDisplay
 - textCreateTextItem
 - textDestroyDisplay
 - textDestroyTextItem
 - textDisplayAddObserver
 - textDisplayAddText
 - textDisplayGetObservers
 - textDisplayIsObserver
 - textDisplayRemoveObserver
 - textDisplayRemoveText
 - textItemGetColor
 - textItemGetPosition
 - textItemGetPriority
 - textItemGetScale
 - textItemGetText
 - textItemSetColor
 - textItemSetPosition
 - textItemSetPriority
 - textItemSetScale
 - textItemSetText