I was wondering if their was a way to call a function from a string as it might simplify my code.
Example of what I have right now;
local gMode = "FFA"
function FFA()
end
function Elim()
end
if gMode == "FFA" then --these if thens feel eww
FFA()
elseif gMode == "Elim" then
Elim()
end
Example of what I am looking for;
local gMode = "FFA"
function FFA()
end
function Elim()
end
gMode() --call FFA's function
The second example obviously doesn't work, but their a way to do it?
You would just put them in a table which can be indexed to get the function though you can use meta methods to do the same thing.
local tbl = {}
function tbl.FFA()
print("FFA")
end
function tbl.Elim()
print("Elim")
end
local gMode = "FFA"
tbl[gMode]() -- index and run the function
hope this helps.
###You can't call a string. You could do something like this though:
local gMode
function FFA()
end
function Elim()
end
gMode = FFA -- assigning it to the function
gMode() --call FFA's function
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i thought he wanted to assign it to the function lol
This was exactly what I wanted. Thank you!