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Added in 4.0.1

Returns the spell tab indices of the character's current professions.

prof1, prof2, archaeology, fishing, cooking = GetProfessions()

Returns

prof1

number - spell tab index for the first primary profession, or nil if not learned.

prof2

number - spell tab index for the second primary profession, or nil if not learned.

archaeology

number - spell tab index for Archaeology, or nil if not learned.

fishing

number - spell tab index for Fishing, or nil if not learned.

cooking

number - spell tab index for Cooking, or nil if not learned.

Details

• The returned indices can be passed to GetProfessionInfo or GetSpellTabInfo functions.
• Indices are not fixed and can change when a character learns or unlearns a profession.
• Classic uses GetNumPrimaryProfessions() instead.

Patch changes

Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Removed firstAid return.
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Added