GetVehiclePlateText

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This function is used to retrieve the text on the number plate of a specified vehicle.

Syntax

string getVehiclePlateText ( vehicle theVehicle )

Required Arguments

  • theVehicle: A handle to the vehicle that you wish to retrieve the plate text from.

Returns

Returns a string that coresponds to the plate on the text or false if a bad argument was passed or if the vehicle is not a car.

Example

This example outputs the text on the license plate of the vehicle the player is driving to the chatbox.

function scriptPlate ( player, command )
  local aVehicle = getPlayerOccupiedVehicle ( getLocalPlayer() )
  local text = getVehiclePlateText ( aVehicle )
  if ( text and aVehicle ) then
    outputChatBox ( "text" )
  else outputChatBox ( "your vehicle has no licence plate or you're not in a vehicle" )
  end
end
addCommandHandler( "plate", scriptPlate )

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