getElementByIndex

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This function returns an element of the specified type with the specified index.

Important

If you wish to retrieve more than one element at a time, it is more efficient to use getElementsByType instead.

Syntax

 getElementByIndex ( )

Code Examples

server

This example generates the name of the specified player that is on the server. For example: 'player 0' would return the name of the first player on the server.

function showPlayer(command, index)
  local thePlayer = getElementByIndex("player", tonumber(index))
  if thePlayer then
    outputChatBox("Player " .. index .. " is a: " .. getPlayerName(thePlayer))
  else
    outputChatBox("Player not found.")
  end
end
addCommandHandler("player", showPlayer)

getElementByIndex

Syntax

Code Examples

See Also

Element Functions

Element Events

Reference