What is a unitID?

Hey all..

I was wondering what an integer unitID is. I know about using 4-digit codes for unitIDs, but I don't really understand the number ones.

Could anyone please explain it to me?

-Soultaker

the 4 digit codes are numbers

integers in JASS have many possible representations:

12 , -2 , plain decimal numbers
0xFF , 0x0FFFFFFF - Hex
0345 - Octal

And of course:
'A' 'Character' , can't really be added to strings, it seems to just convert ANSI to integer like 'd' means 100 for JASS

'Aloc' : 4 characters it is actually a way to say a big number like 1030300124 but only typing the 4 bytes that integer represents.

And it is used by unit ids , ability ids, and item ids

And yes 'Aloc' is an integer

4-digit code is integer. for example 'u000' is integer value. EDIT: and vexorian's quick too

okay.. I didn't really get all what you said, like how it transforms "Aloc" into numbers, say... If I wrote "Uloa", I don't know what the outcome would be.

But anyway, if I have to write an UnitID in Integers, I should just write the 4-digit code right? Like, I'm gonna use this, I should just write it as the 4-digits.

Am I correct?

-Soultaker

If the function takes a unit parameter then you can't use the unit id, it needs to be a specific unit not a unit type. If it takes an integer parameter called unitid or similar then yes, use the 4 letter code.