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09-03-19, 01:01 AM   #1
kernighan
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format(TEXT(PARENS_TEMPLATE)) replacement?

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

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         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This apparently is no longer valid.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?

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09-03-19, 01:01 AM   #2
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Specifically, I get this error:

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   attempt to call global 'TEXT' (a nil value)
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09-03-19, 04:09 AM   #3
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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.

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rank_suffix = format(PARENS_TEMPLATE, rank_suffix)
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09-03-19, 07:38 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by Kanegasi View Post
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.

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rank_suffix = format(PARENS_TEMPLATE, rank_suffix)

great, thanks!
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09-03-19, 09:49 AM   #5
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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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