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Can you pass tables in as arguments?
Just a quick question. Say I have a function, can I use tables in it's arguments?
Could a table that I defined earlier be passed in to a function?
1 | function example(theTable) |
2 |
3 | end |
4 | local theTable = {"Hi","Bob","ScriptingHelpers"} |
5 | example(theTable) |
If that works, I take it you could do
1 | function example(theTable) |
2 | for i = 1,#theTable do |
3 | print(theTable[i]) |
4 | end |
5 | end |
6 | local theTable = {"Hi","Bob","ScriptingHelpers"} |
7 | example(theTable) |
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You can. In fact, I don't know if there's anything you can't pass as an argument - and that includes functions! ex:
1 | function Add1(n) return n+1 end |
2 | function Double(n) return n*2 end |
3 | function PrintN(n, Modifier) |
4 | print(Modifier(n)) |
5 | end |
6 | PrintN(5, Add1) --prints 6 |
7 | PrintN(5, Double) --prints 10 |
You can also pass any number of arguments to a table if you use the parameter "...":
1 | function PrintArgs(...) |
2 | local t = {...} |
3 | for i = 1, #t do |
4 | print(t[i]) |
5 | end |
6 | end |
7 | PrintArgs(1, 5, "hi", "etc") |
PS You can test your script very quickly by opening Roblox Studio and pasting your script into the Command Bar (you need a blank place open for it to work, and you need the Output window open to see the results).
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As long as you set the variable before the function, example(), is called it should work perfectly fine.
