Issues using /run with variable to execute slash command

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Hey there, I’m currently trying to create a macro for an addon I use.
The addon requires me to paste in a NPC id eg: /lootz skinning 688
I managed to create a macro that prints my target npc’s id:
/run local longID=(select(6, strsplit("-", UnitGUID("target")))); local id=(strsplit(" ", longID)); print(id);
The Issue is now, I have no idea how to insert that into my /lootz skinning command without getting an error. Can anyone help please?

2

You’ll need to find the command that /lootz is executing and call that directly.

3

The command should be something like:
/lootz skinning 886
886 being the id of the creature I want to check

4

You need the function the slash command executes.

5

I believe that it’s this?:

function obj:Skinning(index)
local name = obj:GetUnloadedCreatureName(index)
if (name == nil) then
name = “Unknown Skinning”
end
–log:Info(“Show loot for creature: " … name … " (” … index … “)”)
render:SetTargetData(“Skinning”, index, name)
render:Show()
end

6

I’m no expert on Blizzards UI but had a little play with it and couldn’t get it to work with that function, but does seem to work with the slash command function.

/run local longID=(select(6, strsplit("-", UnitGUID("target")))); local id="skinning " .. (strsplit(" ", longID)); SlashCmdList.LEDII_LZ(id);

Elvenbane might have a better solution, but this at least seems to work for me.

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7

This worked perfectly thank you!
I really appreciate you both responding and helping me c:

8

Nice, haven’t seen that technique before.

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