Lua:getAddress

<> Lua API Reference

function getAddress(string, local) : integer

Returns the address of a symbol.

The symbol can be a registered symbol, a module name, or an exported symbol. Set local to true to query the symbol table of the Cheat Engine process instead of the currently opened target process.

Function Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
symbolname	String or CEAddressString	The symbol, module name, or exported symbol to resolve.
local	Boolean (optional)	If true, queries the symbol table of the Cheat Engine process.

Returns

integer — The resolved address of the given symbol.

Examples

1 local address = getAddress("KERNEL32.AddAtomA")
2 
3 print(string.format("%X", address))

Main Pages

Core Lua documentation entry points

◆ Lua
◆ Script Engine

Symbol Related Lua Functions

Symbol lookup, address resolution, module checks, and lookup callbacks

◆ getAddress ◆ getAddressSafe ◆ getNameFromAddress ◆ registerSymbol ◆ unregisterSymbol ◆ getSymbolInfo ◆ reinitializeSymbolhandler ◆ reinitializeDotNetSymbolhandler

◆ inModule ◆ inSystemModule ◆ getModuleSize ◆ errorOnLookupFailure ◆ registerSymbolLookupCallback ◆ unregisterSymbolLookupCallback ◆ registerAddressLookupCallback ◆ unregisterAddressLookupCallback