This function returns the last serial that logged onto the specified account.

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• Method: account:getSerial(...)
• Variable: .serial

Syntax

string|false getAccountSerial ( account theAccount )

Required Arguments

• theAccount: The account to get serial from.

Returns

• string|false: account's serial.

Returns string containing the serial, the string is empty if the account was never used. Returns false if invalid arguments were specified.

Code Examples

Example 1 Example 2 (OOP)

server

This example adds command getaccserial that outputs the given account's serial in the chat box.

addCommandHandler("getaccserial", function (player, cmd, accountName)
    if (accountName) then
      local account = getAccount(accountName) -- get account from name
      if (account) then
          outputChatBox("Serial: " .. getAccountSerial(account), player) -- get serial
      else
          outputChatBox("Account not found", player)
      end
    end
end)

server

OOP Required

This example adds command getaccserial that outputs the given account's serial in the chat box.

addCommandHandler("getaccserial", function (player, cmd, accountName)
    if (accountName) then
      local account = Account(accountName) -- get account from name
      if (account) then
          player:outputChat("Serial: " .. account.serial) -- get serial
      else
          player:outputChat("Account not found")
      end
    end
end)

See Also

Account Functions

• addAccount
• copyAccountData
• getAccount
• getAccountByID
• getAccountData
• getAccountID
• getAccountName
• getAccountIP
• getAccountPlayer
• getAccountSerial
• getAccountType
• getAccounts
• getAccountsByData
• getAccountsByIP
• getAccountsBySerial
• getAllAccountData
• getPlayerAccount
• isGuestAccount
• logIn
• logOut
• removeAccount
• setAccountData
• setAccountName
• setAccountPassword
• setAccountSerial

Account Events

• onAccountCreate
• onAccountDataChange
• onAccountRemove

Account Elements

• account

Reference

• Scripting Functions