API:SendChatMessage

SendChatMessage ( message, type, language?, channel ) 

Parameters

Arguments

message

String - The text to send

type

String - SAY, ZONE, YELL, GUILD, RAID, WHISPER, or CHANNEL

language?

Unknown

channel

String or number - The channel to send this message. For WHISPER, this is the name of the player (case-sensitive). For CHANNEL, it's the number of a custom channel

Returns

nil

Example code

SendChatMessage("Some Text", "ZONE")
SendChatMessage("Some Text", "WHISPER", 0, "SomePlayerName")

for i,v in ipairs (GetChannelList()) do
  if v == "MyChannelName" then
    SendChatMessage("Some Text", "CHANNEL", 0, i) -- i should be number of channel because type CHANNEL
    break
  end
end

Related Functions

• GetChannelList