WoWInterface - format(TEXT(PARENS_TEMPLATE)) replacement?

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kernighan

09-03-19 01:01 AM

format(TEXT(PARENS_TEMPLATE)) replacement?

In an old addon I'm getting up to current API syntax, I have the following line of code:

Code:

rank_suffix = format(TEXT(PARENS_TEMPLATE), rank_suffix)

This apparently is no longer valid. Does anyone know what this should be replaced with these days?

Thanks!

kernighan

09-03-19 01:01 AM

Specifically, I get this error:

Code:

attempt to call global 'TEXT' (a nil value)

Kanegasi

09-03-19 04:09 AM

I'm unfamiliar with the idiosyncrasies of how Lua worked back then. There was a TEXT function that was only there to feed it a string variable and spit it out as a return. Just remove it.

Code:

rank_suffix = format(PARENS_TEMPLATE, rank_suffix)

kernighan

09-03-19 07:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kanegasi (Post 333551)

I'm unfamiliar with the idiosyncrasies of how Lua worked back then. There was a TEXT function that was only there to feed it a string variable and spit it out as a return. Just remove it.

Code:

rank_suffix = format(PARENS_TEMPLATE, rank_suffix)

great, thanks!

Fizzlemizz

09-03-19 09:49 AM

TEXT was one of those functions like getglobal/setglobal that found better mechanisms to replace them. TEXT was eventually removed (somewhere around MoP I think) whereas getglobal/setglobal still sit in the deprecated category.

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