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How do you name a function?
How do you name a function? I'm not sure how to do this. Just messing around with scripting and i'm wondering.
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Well, Yellow didn't exactly finish it.
function derp() --code end script.Parent.Touched:connect(derp) -- Just an example of an event.
or you could do
script.Parent.Touched:connect(function() --code|example of an event ^ end)
This one doesn't need the event on the bottom, it's faster really.
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Anonymous functions are actually slower than explicitly named functions connected to events, due to the fact the function is 'recreated' every time the event fires. It's negblible, but definitely not *faster* of all things. adark 5487 — 10y
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Faster as in easier to write for me. YellowoTide 1992 — 10y
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function name()
--code
end
Pretty straight forward. The thing after the word function is the name.
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Or you could always do the other way: name = function() end PiggyJingles 358 — 10y
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But, PiggyJingles, that is different as that is assigning a variable to a function, not assigning a function, which means that the function is not available until runtime, whereas if you don't use a variable you can define a function at line 100 and still use it at line 6. Articulating 1335 — 10y
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Name = function() end is not indigenous to Lua, but it is in other programming languages. GoldenPhysics 474 — 10y
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@Articulating, you actually cannot do that. function name() is syntactic sugar for name = function() -- They're *exactly* the same, and you have to define the function body before calling it for both syntaxes. adark 5487 — 10y
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Ah. I was under the impression that this was the case for Lua. Clearly not. Articulating 1335 — 10y