MIST getUnitsByAttribute
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mist.getUnitsByAttribute
| Added with: Mist 4.5 |
| Description |
Iterates the mist database and the passed attributes table to find units matching those parameters. Consider it to be an alternative of mist.makeUnitTable.
typeName country coalition skill category Optional value matches determines how many of those entries must match. Defaults to 1. For instance if you pass 2, then any 2 of the above list must be present for a given unit. Optional boolean value of id will if present return the unitId instead of unit names. |
| Syntax |
| table mist.getUnitsByAttribute(table attributes , number matches ,boolean id ) |
| Valid Input Values: |
| Valid attributes:
typeName : a string of any unit type country : a string of the country name coalition : a string of the coalition name skill : a string of the skill category : a string of the category |
| Return value: |
| table |
| Return example: |
| Usage Examples: |
The following would return a table of ids for all blue clients
local list = mist.getUnitsByAttribute({skill = 'Clients', coalition = "blue"}, 2, true)
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| Notes: |
| Related Functions |
| makeUnitTable, getRandPointInCircle, getRandomPointInZone, getRandomPointInPoly, isTerrainValid, terrainHeightDiff, getUnitsInZones, getUnitsInMovingZones, pointInPolygon, getUnitsInPolygon, getDeadMapObjsInZones, getDeadMapObjsInPolygonZone, getUnitsLOS, random, randomizeNumTable, getAvgPoint, getQFE, getWindBearingAndVel, getPathLength, getPathInSegments, getPointAtDistanceOnPath, projectPoint, getGroupsByAttribute, , getUnitsByAttribute, mapValue, |
