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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

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

  • bool: result

Code Examples

client

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