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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?
function example(theTable)
end
local theTable = {"Hi","Bob","ScriptingHelpers"}
example(theTable)
If that works, I take it you could do
function example(theTable)
for i = 1,#theTable do
print(theTable[i])
end
end
local theTable = {"Hi","Bob","ScriptingHelpers"}
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:
function Add1(n) return n+1 end
function Double(n) return n*2 end
function PrintN(n, Modifier)
print(Modifier(n))
end
PrintN(5, Add1) --prints 6
PrintN(5, Double) --prints 10
You can also pass any number of arguments to a table if you use the parameter "...":
function PrintArgs(...)
local t = {...}
for i = 1, #t do
print(t[i])
end
end
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.
