Help with CHAT_MSG_WHISPER

[Lanodar]

Hey,
i've got a problem with the CHAT_MSG_WHISPER event.

This is my code: (just to test it )

CRTFrame:RegisterEvent("CHAT_MSG_WHISPER");
local function eventHandler(self, event, ...)

   local OtherPlayer = arg2;
   local message = arg1
   print(arg1)
   print(OtherPlayer)
   print(arg2)
end
CRTFrame:SetScript("OnEvent", eventHandler);

My problem is, that OtherPlayer and arg2, both return "nil" and I don't know why. arg1 returns the Whisper message

[Duugu]

That's easy: Since ... 4.0 (?) arg1-x are not longer global variables. So you can't use them without initializing them. You have to use the function parameters instead.

You could do

local arg1, arg2 = ...

[E]
You might ask "and why has arg1 a value?". I would say that's just luck. Someone somewhere is initializing a global variable named arg1 and puts some data in it. But it's nothing you could depend on.

[Lanodar]

It works thanks