Pair: setTeamName

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This function gets the team name of a team object.

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• Method: team:getName(...)
• Variable: .name

Syntax

string getTeamName ( team theTeam )

Required Arguments

• theTeam: The team you want to retrieve the name of.

Returns

• string: value

Returns a string representing the team's name if the team object was valid, false otherwise.

Code Examples

shared

This example gets the current team of a player, then prints its name to the chatbox.

function whatTeamAmIOn (source)
    -- Get the player's team (source is the player who entered the command)
    local playerTeam = getPlayerTeam(source)

    if (playerTeam) then -- if he was on a team
        outputChatBox(getPlayerName(source).." is on team: "..getTeamName(playerTeam))
    else
        outputChatBox(getPlayerName(source).. " isn't on a team")
    end
end

-- Add console command to find your team when 'whatTeamAmIOn' is typed.
addCommandHandler("whatTeamAmIOn", whatTeamAmIOn)

See Also

Team Functions

• createTeam
• getTeamColor
• getTeamFriendlyFire
• getTeamFromName
• getTeamName
• setTeamColor
• setTeamFriendlyFire
• setTeamName

Team Elements

• team

Reference

• Scripting Functions