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getPlayerTeam

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Pair: setPlayerTeam

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This function gets the current team a player is on.

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  • Method:player:getTeam(...)
  • Variable: .team

Syntax 

team getPlayerTeam ( player thePlayer )
Required Arguments
  • thePlayer: The player whose team you want to find out.

Returns

  • team: value

Returns a team element representing the team the player is on, false if the player is not part of a team.

Code Examples

shared

This example finds the team a player is on, and then changes its name.

function teamName ( source, key, newTeamName )
    local playerTeam = getPlayerTeam ( source )          -- get the player's team
    if ( playerTeam ) then                               -- if he's on a team
        local oldTeamName = getTeamName ( playerTeam )   -- get the team's current name
        setTeamName ( playerTeam, newTeamName )          -- change its name
        outputChatBox ( "Changed " .. getPlayerName ( source ).."'s team name from " .. oldTeamName .. " to " .. newTeamName )
    else
        outputChatBox ( getPlayerName ( source ) .. " isn't on a team" )
    end
end
addCommandHandler ( "teamname", teamName )

See Also

Player Functions
Player Events
Reference