Gets the name, level, class, location and status of a friend
name, level, class, area, connected = GetFriendInfo(friendIndex)
Parameters
Arguments
- (friendIndex)
- friendIndex
- Integer - Index of friend in the friend list (Note that status changes can re-order the friend list, indexes are not guaranteed to remain stable across events)
Returns
- name, level, class, area, connected
- name
- String - Friend's name ("Unknown" if index is out of bounds.)
- level
- Integer - Friend's level (0 if player is not online, 1 if index is out of bounds (confirmed by Topaz 22:37, 12 Mar 2005 (EST))
- class
- String - Friend's class ("Unknown" if index is out of bounds or friend is offline).
- area
- String - Friend's current location ("Unknown" if index is out of bounds or friend is offline).
- connected
- Flag - 1 if friend is online, nil if not online (or index out of bounds).
Example
local name, level, class, loc = GetFriendInfo(1);
DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Your friend "..name.." (The level "..level.." "..class..") is in "..loc..".");
Result
Your friend Bill (The level 99 Leprechaun) is in Neverland.
Details
- Friend information isn't necessarily automatically kept up to date. You can use the ShowFriends function to request an update from the server.
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