Ambiguate

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Added in 5.4.2 / 1.13.2

Returns a version of a character-realm string suitable for use in a given context.

name = Ambiguate(fullName, context)

Arguments

fullName

string - character-realm for a character, e.g. "Shion-DieAldor"

context

string - context the name will be used in, one of: "all", "guild", "mail", "none", or "short".

Returns

name

string - character or character-realm name combination that would be equivalent to fullName in the specified context.

Context	Same Realm		Different Realm
	Same Guild	Other Guild	Same Guild	Other Guild
all	character	character	character	character-realm
guild	character	character	character	character-realm
mail	character-realm	character-realm	character-realm	character-realm
none	character	character	character-realm	character-realm
short	character	character	character	character

Details

• If this a used on a character in the "guild" context, it will return in the character-realm format if there is another character in the same guild with the same name, but on a different realm.

Patch changes

Patch 5.4.2 (2013-12-10): Added.