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Returns character info for another player from their GUID.

localizedClass, englishClass, localizedRace, englishRace, sex, name, realm = GetPlayerInfoByGUID(guid)

Arguments[]

guid
string - The GUID of the player you're querying.

Returns[]

localizedClass
string - Localized class name.
englishClass
string - Localization-independent class name.
localizedRace
string - Localized race name.
englishRace
string - Localization-independent race name.
sex
number - Gender ID of the character. 2 for male, or 3 for female.
name
string - The name of the character.
realm
string - Normalized realm name of the character. Returns an empty string if the character is from the same realm as the player.

Example[]

  • When used on yourself.
/dump UnitGUID("target"), GetPlayerInfoByGUID(UnitGUID("target"))
> "Player-1096-06DF65C1", "Priest", "PRIEST", "Human", "Human", 3, "Xiaohuli", ""
  • When used on a player from another realm, in this case from the same connected realm.
> "Player-1096-0971D0BE", "Monk", "MONK", "Night Elf", "NightElf", 2, "Coldbits", "DarkmoonFaire"

Patch changes[]

Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): Added.

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