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How do I make functions global?
So that I may use them in any script in the place, including LocalScripts and server Scripts.
I made a global function using _G in a LocalScript, but when I tried to call it on a server Script, it failed.
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(I would post this in a comment if I had 10+ reputation) I'm fairly sure you cannot specify a global functions (and global variables) in a localscript. Try putting it into a normal one:
1 | _G["hellomynameisfunction"]=function() |
2 | print("WHOA MAN I JUST DID SOMETHING") |
3 | end |
4 | _G.hellomynameisfunction() |
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Very simple,
1 | _G["FunctionName"] = function(argument1,argument2) |
2 | print("Code Goes Here Yada Yada") |
3 | end |
Then to call it, You use...
1 | print("GUYS IMA DO SOMETHING GLOBAL!") |
2 | _G.FunctionName("Somethingthere","somethinghere") |
3 | print("I Did It") |
You could also do something like,
1 | _G["IsOwnerHere"] = function() |
2 | is = false |
3 | for i,v in pairs(game.Players:children() do |
4 | if v.userId == game.CreatorId then |
5 | is = true |
6 | end |
7 | end |
8 | return is |
9 | end |
Then if your in the game
1 | B = _G.IsOwnerHere() |
2 | --B = true |
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If this helped, An Upvote would be greatly appriciated. MixCorp 70 — 11y
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That is exactly what I did. I put code like the first snippet into a LocalScript then attempted something like the second snippet in a server script, and it did not work. wrenzh 65 — 11y
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Hmm MixCorp 70 — 11y
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The only issue I could imagine you having, is an error in the function or code. Post the code in your q MixCorp 70 — 11y
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As far as I am aware, global functions defined in LocalScript's cannot be called in a Server Script, but the opposite does work. BlueTaslem 18071 — 11y