Weakaura Help if then statement

[Nightmist]

Hey all, long time no talk.

I need help with an if-then statement. Here is what I have:

function()    local myFactionnum = GetBattlefieldArenaFaction()
    if myFactionnum == "1" then
        myFaction = "Alliance"
    else myFaction = "Horde"
        return myFaction
    end
end

It always shows "Horde" however the 0 and 1 result is correct. I haven't worked with WAs in a while and just cannot wrap my brain around this.

[Biomega]

It looks to me like the problem is that you're using "1" instead of just 1, which probably won't work without implicit conversion. It thinks the "1" is a string, not a number so it'll never match to the number 1 that's returned.

[Nightmist]

It looks to me like the problem is that you're using "1" instead of just 1, which probably won't work without implicit conversion. It thinks the "1" is a string, not a number so it'll never match to the number 1 that's returned.

Changed a few things, so something like this? (it's not working still)

function()    local myFaction = ""
    local myFactionnum = GetBattlefieldArenaFaction()
    if myFactionnum == 1 then
        myFaction = "Alliance"
    else myFaction = "Horde"
        return myFaction
    end
end

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And I have this in display, should it be a trigger instead?

[kanegasi]

function()
    return GetPlayerFactionGroup()
end

OR

function()
    return UnitFactionGroup("player")
end

I'm not quite sure how either of these work with mercenary mode for battlegrounds. The code is vague. If you don't switch factions for BGs, then either one of the options above will work fine for you. If you do regularly choose mercenary mode, one of these will report your "real" faction and the other will report your temporary faction.

[Nightmist]

function()
    return GetPlayerFactionGroup()
end

OR

function()
    return UnitFactionGroup("player")
end

I'm not quite sure how either of these work with mercenary mode for battlegrounds. The code is vague. If you don't switch factions for BGs, then either one of the options above will work fine for you. If you do regularly choose mercenary mode, one of these will report your "real" faction and the other will report your temporary faction.

Sadly neither of those work.

getplayerfaction group returns: False
and unit faction group returns alliance while I am horde in WSG.

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This as a macro works perfectly every time:

/script print(UnitFactionGroup("player").." - "..GetBattlefieldArenaFaction())

I just can't figure out how to add it to a weakaura.

[Anuibus]

The only return is nested in the Horde else statement. It can't return alliance because the only return is right before it gets set to horde.

function()    local myFaction = ""
    local myFactionnum = GetBattlefieldArenaFaction()
    if myFactionnum == 1 then
        myFaction = "Alliance"
    else myFaction = "Horde"
    end
    return myFaction
end

[kanegasi]

getplayerfaction group returns: False

It is not possible for GetPlayerFactionGroup() to return false. You are playing on a private server.

[Nightmist]

It is not possible for GetPlayerFactionGroup() to return false. You are playing on a private server.

Yes, that is correct. So interesting, some of the API is different I guess?

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