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Returns the name of the continent from the provided continent ID.

continent = GetContinentName(continentID)

Arguments

continentID

number - A continent's unique ID.

Returns

continent

string - The name of the continent.

Example

local continents = { GetMapContinents() }
for i=1,#continents / 2 do
 print("#"..i.." "..GetContinentName(i))
end

Results

#1 Kalimdor
#2 Eastern Kingdoms
#3 Outland
#4 Northrend
#5 The Maelstrom
#6 Pandaria
#7 Draenor
#8 Broken Isles
#9 Argus

Details

• Note that as more expansions are released, the output of this function will probably change. Also, the output differs based on the localization of the client.
• The order continents are returned in corresponds to the GetCurrentMapContinent return values.