getglobal()

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This function is implemented in FrameXML/UIParent.lua.

Returns the value of a global variable by name (or key). Deprecated, use the global table _G instead:

value = getglobal(globalKey)        --getglobal deprecated
value = _G[globalKey]               --new syntax to get a global

Arguments

globalKey

Any - "Name" of the global you want to get.

Returns

value

Any - The value of the specified global variable.

Details

Accesing globals by name may be useful when dealing with arrays of widgets:

for i=1, 10 do
 local curFrame = _G["MyAwesomeFrame" .. i]
 -- do something with curFrame, like position it:
 curFrame:SetPoint("TOP", 0, -20*i)
end