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guiGridListGetSelectedCount

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This function returns the amount of options selected in the specified grid list.

OOP Syntax Help! I don't understand this!

  • Method:gui-gridlist:getSelectedCount(...)
  • Variable: .selectedCount

Syntax

int|false guiGridListGetSelectedCount ( ​gui-gridlist gridList )
Required arguments
  • gridList: The grid list which amount of selected items you want to retrieve.

Returns

Returns an integer representing the amount of selected options if everything was successful or false if invalid arguments were passed.

  • int|false: selected items count

Code Examples

client

This example creates a gridlist filled with players names then check who has the letter "a" in their name, after it selects everyone who has the letter "a" then it outputs the selected rows.

local gridlist = guiCreateGridList(100, 100, 200, 100, false)
guiGridListAddColumn(gridlist, "Players", 0.50)
for i, v in ipairs(getElementsByType("player")) do
guiGridListSetItemText(gridlist, guiGridListAddRow(gridlist), 1, getPlayerName(v), false, false)
end
for b = 0, guiGridListGetRowCount(gridlist) do
if (string.find(guiGridListGetItemText(gridlist, b, 1), "a", 1, true)) then
guiGridListSetSelectedItem(gridlist, b, 1)
end
end
outputChatBox("The number of Players with 'a' in their name: " .. guiGridListGetSelectedCount(gridlist) .. ".")

See Also

GUI Functions