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Added in 1.0.0 / 1.13.2

Returns the amount of money the player character owns.

money = GetMoney()

Returns

money

number - The amount of money the player's character has.

Details

Related Events	PLAYER_MONEY
Available after	PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD (on login)

Example

The players money is stored as a series of numbers in the form 1234567.

Some examples:

Examples

#	Displayed Money	Stored As
1	1 Copper	1
2	1 Silver 2 Copper	102
3	1 Silver 23 Copper	123
4	12 Silver 3 Copper	1203
5	12 Silver 34 Copper	1234
6	1 Gold 2 Silver 3 Copper	10203
7	12 Gold 34 Silver 56 Copper	123456
8	298 Gold 72 Silver 6 Copper	2987206

• GetMoney()

local money = GetMoney()
local gold = floor(money / 1e4)
local silver = floor(money / 100 % 100)
local copper = money % 100
print(("You have %dg %ds %dc"):format(gold, silver, copper))
-- You have 10851g 62s 40c

• GetCoinText(amount [, separator])

print(GetCoinText(GetMoney()))    -- "10851 Gold, 62 Silver, 40 Copper"
print(GetCoinText(12345678, " ")) -- "1234 Gold 23 Silver 45 Copper"
print(GetCoinText(12345678, "X")) -- "1234 GoldX23 SilverX45 Copper"

• GetMoneyString(amount [, separateThousands])

print(GetMoneyString(12345678))
print(GetMoneyString(12345678, true))

1234 56 78
1,234 56 78

• GetCoinTextureString(amount [, fontHeight])

print(GetCoinTextureString(1234578))
print(GetCoinTextureString(1234578, 24))

1234 56 78
1234 56 78