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isElementLocal

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This function checks whether a clientside element is local to the client (doesn't exist in the server) or not.

OOP Syntax Help! I don't understand this!

  • Method:element:isLocal(...)
  • Variable: .localElement

Syntax 

bool isElementLocal ( element theElement )
Required Arguments
  • theElement: The element that we want to check.

Returns

  • bool: value

Returns true if the passed element is local, false if not or if invalid parameters are passed.

Code Examples

shared

This clientside function destroys all local radar blips.

function destroyAllLocalBlips()
  -- Get a table containing all blips
  local allBlips = getElementsByType("blip")
  -- For each blip in this table


  for blipID = 1, #allBlips do
    local blipElement = allBlips[blipID]
    -- Check if it's a blip that only exists locally


    if isElementLocal(blipElement) then
      -- And destroy it in that case
      destroyElement(blipElement)
    end
  end
end

See Also

Element Functions
Element Events
Reference