Locale.LookupLanguage (Civ5 API)

This page is a part of the Lua and UI Reference (Civ5).

This function is a member of Locale. This is a static method, invoke it with a dot.

Lookup a textkey using another language as the primary language

Usage

string Locale.LookupLanguage(string language, string key, ...)

Returned Value

Returns the textkey if it cannot be found in the dictionary, or a translated string.

Parameters

language:	A valid language type.
key:	A valid text key.
...:	none or many arguments that are used when composing the final localized string.

Notes

This localized string may or may not be in the language specified. With support for fall-back language support, the localization system will attempt to search all available languages for the string.

Examples

local mainMenu = Locale.LookupLanguage("fr_FR", "TXT_KEY_MAIN_MENU");

Source code samples

Redundant occurences have been removed.

OptionsMenu.lua

UI/Options/OptionsMenu.lua

0239	Controls.CountdownMessage:SetText( Locale.LookupLanguage(g_Languages[g_chosenLanguage].Type, "TXT_KEY_OPSCREEN_LANGUAGE_TIMER") );
0242	Locale.LookupLanguage( g_Languages[g_chosenLanguage].Type, "TXT_KEY_YES_BUTTON"),
0247	Locale.LookupLanguage( g_Languages[g_chosenLanguage].Type, "TXT_KEY_NO_BUTTON"),

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