Weak Auras, abbreviate to thousands

[Deleted]

Hey guys,

I'm trying to make what I thought was a very simple little aura. It should simply show my health as text, similar to this:

250K/300K (or however much health I have)

The problem is that little K at the end. I CAN NOT find how to abbreviate the numbers in Weak Auras. I even tried making my own custom LUA function, using snippets I found online, but couldn't get that to work either.

Anyone know how to do this?

Thanks

[Deleted]

Custom Text (%c):

function()
    return ("%.0fk / %.0fk"):format(UnitHealth("player") / 1000, UnitHealthMax("player") / 1000)
end

If you want decimals (250.4k / 300.9k, for example) just use %.01fk in both places (1 being the number of decimals)

[Deleted]

Thanks mate! Worked great!
Strange this is not a built in feature in Weak Auras normal settings though, would have made it easier for people

In any case, thanks allot!

[silvercued]

I may be taking crazy pills here.. but I am trying to find the abbreviation for weakauras to show me the health abbreviation (for k and m) without the /482k or whatever at the end. What would be the code for that. For the life of me, I cannot find it anywhere on the internet as it appears I am the only one who doesn't want this blank out of blank format... can anyone help me?

So for instance, I would want 432,039 to show up as 432k.
I would want 43,938,244 to show up as 43m.

Also, Is it possible to have the top text as a custom text and the bottom text as a different custom text? If so, where is the other box?

[Deleted]

So for instance, I would want 432,039 to show up as 432k.
I would want 43,938,244 to show up as 43m.

Assuming you're talking about target hp:

function()
    local health = UnitHealth("target")
    local abbr = ""
    if health >= 1000 then
        health = health / 1000
        abbr = "k"
    end
    if health >= 1000 then
        health = health / 1000
        abbr = "m"
    end
    
    return ("%.0f%s"):format(health, abbr)
end

[GoKs]

Since we are on the topic of health and WA2 here, I would appreciate it if someone could tell me how to add a bar to show how much % of health my target has?
I am a hunter and I use this WA2 mod : http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...ter-Aura-Group!. It is really great, just missing a bar for the health %, it would even help if the % of HP is displayed on the focusbar (like JSHB).?

[Grannos]

Custom Text (%c):

function()
    return ("%.0fk / %.0fk"):format(UnitHealth("player") / 1000, UnitHealthMax("player") / 1000)
end

If you want decimals (250.4k / 300.9k, for example) just use %.01fk in both places (1 being the number of decimals)

How would you change this function to show total mana? I am using frames that are less than perfect for knowing the amount of mana I have available, but am working on getting them to be better. Until then, getting a function for the mana bar I have that would show totals instead of the % of mana would be fantastic. =|

Thanks in advance.

[Kanegasi]

Replace both instances of Health with Mana (case sensitive).

[Deleted]

I know this is a bit old, but I was wondering how to mix both functions into a single one. One where the numbers are abbreviated depending on a specific amount (or several, like the example above), and also compares current health with max health.

This is what I've got so far but it is not working:

function()
    local hp = UnitHealth("player")
    local max = UnitHealthMax("player")
    local abb = ""
    
    if hp > 999 then
        hp = hp / 1000
        abb = "m"
    end
    
    if max > 999 then
        max = max / 1000
        abb = "m"
    end
    
    return ("%.0f/%.0f"):format(hp, abb / max, abb)
end

Basically I want to see 518/518 when the numbers are below 1000, and 14m/14m when they are over 999. I guess knowing this structure, I will be able to add more variables if needed.

Thanks!

[osa]

I know this is a bit old, but I was wondering how to mix both functions into a single one. One where the numbers are abbreviated depending on a specific amount (or several, like the example above), and also compares current health with max health.

If you wanted to format both hp and hpmax you should make double checks (for "k" and "m") for both of them.

Alternatively you could use subfunction to format string and then use it for both hp and hpmax, something like this:

function ()
    local hp = UnitHealth("target")
    local hpMax = UnitHealthMax("target")
    local function fmt(num)
        local n = num
        local s = string.format("%.3f", n)
        for k,v in pairs {"", "K", "M", "B"} do
            n = num/math.pow(1000, k-1)
            if n < 1000 and n >= 1 then
                s = string.format("%.f%s", n, v)
            end
        end
        return(s)
    end
    return (fmt(hp).."/"..fmt(hpMax))
end

First string.format controls numbers <1 (3 decimal digits), second string.format controls representation of our new string for >1 numbers (no decimals).
You can control abbreviations (K, M, B, add more if you need) in array.

[Deleted]

Hi all!, have a slight problem, is there a chance to make weakaura show a spell crit? searched everywere and cant find something useful. example 2,000,000 "Lava Burst Icon" kinda hard to explain but hopefully you get what i mean, ty!

[Rehok]

These are the ones that are from the WA Discord. AbbreviateNumbers and AbbreviateLargeNumbers are both Blizzard functions and the wago.io links are player made. if using the wago.io ones you put them in Actions - OnInit and then call the function e.g aura_env.shortenNumber(value)

AbbreviateNumbers(value) -- 1 decimal place
AbbreviateLargeNumbers(value) Less abbreviated than above (1mil = 1,000k etc.)
https://wago.io/shortenNumber -- 3 digits always
https://wago.io/ShortenNumber -- custom decimal place

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Replace both instances of Health with Mana (case sensitive).

UnitMana is removed btw, UnitPower(unit, 0) will be mana

[Kanegasi]

UnitMana is removed btw, UnitPower(unit, 0) will be mana

UnitMana was not removed, it was deprecated. There’s a difference. It is still in the game and still useable, but you are right that UnitPower should be used.

Here is the code that enables UnitMana and UnitManaMax, located in Deprecated_7_2_0.lua:

do
	-- Use UnitPower instead
	function UnitMana(unit)
		return UnitPower(unit, Enum.PowerType.Mana);
	end

	-- Use UnitPowerMax instead
	function UnitManaMax(unit)
		return UnitPowerMax(unit, Enum.PowerType.Mana);
	end
end

Edit: my reply was also a year old