Coordinates in Chat?

[Erxkum-zandalar-tribe]

Is there a macro that can place/send coordinates to the chat?

I know you can print coordinates this way:

/run local s,id,c,x,y=function()print(“No”)end,C_Map.GetBestMapForUnit(“player”)if not id then s()return end c=C_Map.GetPlayerMapPosition(id,“player”)if not c then s()return end x,y=c:GetXY()print(string.format("%s:%.2f,%.2f",GetZoneText(),x100,y100))

But is there a way to send the coordinates to a channel or to /say?

[Decayin-burning-legion]

I’m sure it is possible because on retail there are addons which are posting coordinates of spotted rare elite. You can look for one for classic i suppose.

[Ketho-mirage-raceway]

https://wow.gamepedia.com/API_SendChatMessage

[Elvenbane-kazzak]

https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/macro-talk
Then you can use %loc

[Erxkum-zandalar-tribe]

curseforge.com/wow/addons/macro-talk
Then you can use %loc

I should have mentioned this is for classic too, and macro-talk isn’t available for classic.

wow.gamepedia.com/API_SendChatMessage

Not possible because of the 255 character limit.

[Kaelon-nagrand]

It’s not possible to throw all this into a macro due to that 255 character limit you mentioned, but as an alternative, you can write a script and include the script as an addon in your WoW client. This route has no character limit, and allows you to bind the logic to a command like /loc which can then be macroed if you want the script to execute with a button press.

Going this route, below script will do what you asked for:

SLASH_LOC1 = "/loc";
SlashCmdList["LOC"] = function(arg)
    local id = C_Map.GetBestMapForUnit("player")
    if not id then
        print("No");
        return;
    end

    local pos = C_Map.GetPlayerMapPosition(id, "player");
    if not pos then
        print("No");
        return;
    end
    local x,y = pos:GetXY();
    local output = string.format("%s:%.2f,%.2f",GetZoneText(),x100,y100);

    if arg == 'say' then
        SendChatMessage(output, "SAY");
    elseif arg == 'party' then
        SendChatMessage(output, "PARTY");
    elseif arg == 'raid' then
        SendChatMessage(output, "RAID");
    elseif arg == 'general' then
        local channelId;
        for i=1,20,1 do
            local id, name = GetChannelName(i);
            if(string.find(name:lower(), "general") ~= nil) then
                channelId = i;
                break;
            end
        end
        SendChatMessage(output, "CHANNEL", nil, channelId);
    else
        print(output);
    end
 end 

In this example, i added parameters so you can do /loc say, /loc party, /loc general, etc. to specify where the mesage should be sent to.

You can use https://addon.bool.no. to turn this script into an addon. Install the addon into WoW\\\_classic\_\Interface\Addons.