Request - Lua Function - GetUnitSide

[zaytsev]

Could you please implement function to get a side from units with some name/guid.

Currently you can only set/change side if old side is known, but if it is unknown it could be useful for some (if) statement where you want
to pull unit(s) from not new side (could be more then one/even with same name) and then set output to new side.

I guess it is simple, no?

Thanks

[RoryAndersonCDT]

Use
http://commandlua.github.io/#ScenEdit_GetUnit

then
http://commandlua.github.io/index.html#Unit

a = ScenEdit_GetUnit{...}
sidename = a.side

[zaytsev]

Worked like a charm.

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 a = ScenEdit_GetUnit({name="Big Gas #4"})
 sidename = a.side 
 print (sidename)
 

.. but it fetches only first unit encountered in given parameters, okay for guid, but if only name was given and there are, maybe by an error
or deliberately, two or more units with the same name or in given parameters only one will be in output,

I was thinking more like to display incremental output as a list, if more units are in the same parameters, let's say to search for duplicates

Thank you.