Lua:getAddress - Revision history

Mr millchick: fixed formatting errors, reverted param name

2025-10-21T02:47:51Z

fixed formatting errors, reverted param name

Mr millchick: Added more detailed documentation with useful examples

2025-10-20T23:45:21Z

Added more detailed documentation with useful examples

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Leunsel at 19:46, 11 July 2025

2025-07-11T19:46:11Z

TheyCallMeTim13 at 03:38, 18 April 2018

2018-04-18T03:38:55Z

TheyCallMeTim13: /* Related Functions */

2018-01-25T00:42:50Z

‎Related Functions

TheyCallMeTim13: moved getAddress to Lua:getAddress

2018-01-24T23:59:51Z

moved getAddress to Lua:getAddress

TheyCallMeTim13 at 21:24, 19 March 2017

2017-03-19T21:24:27Z

TheyCallMeTim13 at 13:18, 19 March 2017

2017-03-19T13:18:06Z

TheyCallMeTim13 at 02:08, 11 March 2017

2017-03-11T02:08:25Z

TheyCallMeTim13 at 02:40, 10 March 2017

2017-03-10T02:40:25Z

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 [[Category:Lua]]
-'''function''' getAddress(''SymbolName'', ''Local'' OPTIONAL) ''':''' Integer
+'''function''' getAddress(''AddressString'', ''Local'' OPTIONAL) ''':''' Integer
 Resolves a symbol name (symbol, module, export, address, or expression) to a memory address. Raises an error if the symbol cannot be resolved.
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 !style="width: 80%;" align="left"|Description
 |-
-|SymbolName
+|AddressString
 |string or number
 |The symbol, module name, export, label, or expression to resolve to an address. If a number is provided, it's returned unchanged
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 === Behavior ===
-* If '''SymbolName''' is already a number, it's returned unchanged
+* If '''AddressString''' is already a number, it's returned unchanged
 * Symbol resolution waits for symbols to load if necessary
 * On '''64-bit Windows''': Raises a Lua error with the exception message
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 '''Get the address of a registered symbol in the target process:'''
-registerSymbol("MySymbol", 0x401000)
+ registerSymbol("MySymbol", 0x401000)
-local symAddr = getAddress("MySymbol")
+ local symAddr = getAddress("MySymbol")
-print(string.format("MySymbol = 0x%X", symAddr))
+ print(string.format("MySymbol = 0x%X", symAddr))
 '''Get the address of a symbol in the target process:'''
-local ceAddr = getAddress("cheatengine-x86_64-SSE4-AVX2.exe+5000")
+ local ceAddr = getAddress("cheatengine-x86_64-SSE4-AVX2.exe+5000")
-print(string.format("CE process address = 0x%X", ceAddr))
+ print(string.format("CE process address = 0x%X", ceAddr))
 '''Basic module resolution:'''
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   else
     -- Symbol failed, no exception raised
   end
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 When you call getAddress("game.exe+1234"), the function:
-. Checks if input is already a number → return it
+<ol>
-. Parses the expression ("game.exe+1234")
+<li>Checks if input is already a number → return it</li>
-. Looks up "game.exe" in the module list
+<li>Parses the expression ("game.exe+1234")</li>
-. Gets the base address of the module
+<li>Looks up "game.exe" in the module list</li>
-. Adds the offset (0x1234)
+<li>Gets the base address of the module</li>
-. Returns the final address
+<li>Adds the offset (0x1234)</li>
 For complex expressions, the symbol handler evaluates:

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 [[Category:Lua]]
-'''function''' getAddress(''AddressString'', ''local'' OPTIONAL) ''':''' integer
+'''function''' getAddress(''String'', [''Local'']) ''':''' Integer
 ===Function Parameters===
-{|width="85%" cellpadding="10%" cellpadding="5%" cellspacing="0" border="0"
+{|width="85%" cellpadding="10%" cellspacing="0" border="0"
 !align="left"|Parameter
 !align="left"|Type
 !style="width: 80%;background-color:white;" align="left"|Description
 |-
-|AddressString
+|String
-|[[CEAddressString]]
+|String
-|The AddressString to convert to an integer
+|The symbol, module name, or export to resolve to an address.
 |-
-|local
+|Local
-|Boolean
+|Boolean (optional)
-|Set to true if you wish to query the symbol table of the CE process
+|If true, queries the symbol table of the Cheat Engine process. Default is false (target process).
 |}
 {{LuaSeeAlso}}

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 [[Category:Lua]]
-'''function''' getAddress(''AddressString'') ''':''' integer
+'''function''' getAddress(''AddressString'', ''local'' OPTIONAL) ''':''' integer
-Passes the given string to Cheat Engine's symbol handler and returns the corresponding address as an integer
+Passes the given string to Cheat Engine's symbol handler and returns the corresponding address as an integer. Can be a module name or an export. Set ''local'' to true if you wish to query the symbol table of the CE process.
 If errorOnLookupFailure is set to true (the default value), if you look up a symbol that does not exist, it will throw an error. With errorOnLookupFailure set to false, it will return 0.
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 |AddressString
 |[[CEAddressString]]
-|The addressstring to convert to an integer
+|The AddressString to convert to an integer
 |}
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 === Related Functions ===
 * [[Lua:getNameFromAddress|getNameFromAddress]]
 * [[Lua:getCommonModuleList|getCommonModuleList]]

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 === Related Functions ===
-* [[getNameFromAddress]]
+* [[Lua:getNameFromAddress|getNameFromAddress]]
-* [[getCommonModuleList]]
+* [[Lua:getCommonModuleList|getCommonModuleList]]
-* [[inModule]]
+* [[Lua:inModule|inModule]]
-* [[inSystemModule]]
+* [[Lua:inSystemModule|inSystemModule]]
-* [[targetIs64Bit]]
+* [[Lua:targetIs64Bit|targetIs64Bit]]
-* [[enumModules]]
+* [[Lua:enumModules|enumModules]]

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−	~~== See also ==~~	+	{{LuaSeeAlso}}
−	* [[Lua]]
−	* [[Help_File:Script engine\|Script engine]]

	=== Related Functions ===		=== Related Functions ===

← Older revision	Revision as of 23:59, 24 January 2018
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		+	[[Category:Lua]]
	'''function''' getAddress(''AddressString'') ''':''' integer		'''function''' getAddress(''AddressString'') ''':''' integer

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−	'''function''' getAddress(''AddressString'')	+	'''function''' getAddress(''AddressString'') ''':''' integer

	Passes the given string to Cheat Engine's symbol handler and returns the corresponding address as an integer		Passes the given string to Cheat Engine's symbol handler and returns the corresponding address as an integer

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	* [[inSystemModule]]		* [[inSystemModule]]
	* [[targetIs64Bit]]		* [[targetIs64Bit]]
		+	* [[enumModules]]