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GetChildClass(handle)

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Version 2.1

Description

The GetChildClass function returns a string with the name of the class of the object's children.

Arguments

  • Handle:
    The function takes a handle of the type "light_userdata" as an argument.
    It can be omitted when using the colon notation on an object

    The Colon Notation is a way to omit the handle as the first argument when using the Object functions.

    This is the general syntax with the colon notation: object:function()

    This is the general syntax with standard handle notation: object.function(object)

    Learn more in the Lua Functions - Object API topic.

Return

  • String:
    The function returns a text string with the name of the class of the object's children.

Examples

This example prints the class name of the selected sequences' children.

Lua
return function()
-- Gets the class name of children of the selected sequence.
Printf("The class name is " .. SelectedSequence():GetChildClass())
end