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what does math.clamp do? Is it important to know about? I want a simple and to-the point answer

Asked by 4 years ago

you read the title ;)

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RAFA1608 543 Moderation Voter
4 years ago
Edited 4 years ago

https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/lua-docs/math.

--According with what i tested, all it does is this:
print(math.clamp(1,4,10))
--If the number 1 is lower than 4, it will return 4. If it is 5, though, it will return 5. But, if its over 10, it will return 10.

--All it does, is this:
function clamp(x,min,max)
    if x < min then
        return min
    end
    if x => min and x <= max then
        return x
    end
    if x > max then
        return max
    end
end
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raid6n 2196 Moderation Voter Community Moderator
4 years ago
Edited 4 years ago

Math.clamp takes 3 values. X, min, and max. If X is in the range between min and max it returns X. If X is lower than min it returns min and if X is higher than max it returns max. This can be useful for tons of applications, but a good example would be constraining rotation on an axis. If you want a player to control the rotation of a brick on the Y-axis but only in a 90-degree window you could clamp its total rotation.

Example:

math.clamp(x, y, z)

x is the value you want to clamp

y is the minimum value x can be

y is the maximum value x can be

math.clamp(5,1,6) returns 5 math.clamp(0,1,6) returns 1 math.clamp(7,1,6) returns 6

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