This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.
This article describes content that may be included in a future update.
This content has appeared in development versions, but the full update containing it has not been released yet.
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Allows the player to get, merge, and remove entity and block NBT data.
- Syntax
data get block <pos> [<path>] [<scale>]data get entity <target> [<path>] [<scale>]data merge block <pos> <nbt>data merge entity <target> <nbt>data remove block <pos> <path>data remove entity <target> <path>
- Arguments
- pos
- Specifies the position of the block.
- target
- Specifies the target entity.
- path (Optional)
- Specifies the path to the targeted NBT.
- Data paths look like this:
foo.bar[0]."A [crazy name]".baz.foo.barmeans foo's child called bar.foo[0]means element 0 of foo.- "quoted strings" may be used if a name of a key needs to be escaped.
- scale (Optional)
- Scales the number retrieved from
get.
- Scales the number retrieved from
- nbt
- Specifies the NBT tag to be merged/removed.
- Result
- Fails if the arguments are not specified correctly.
- On success:
get— Returns the NBT data from the block at pos or one target entity as its result (if a path is specified). A path can be specified to only retrieve that NBT data, but this is limited to numeric tags. An optional scale can be provided to scale the number retrieved.merge— Merges the block NBT data at pos or from the target entity with the specified nbt data.remove— Will remove NBT data at path from the block at pos or from one target entity. Removing player NBT data is not allowed.