Hey guys, today a simple question.
What is the point of making a "local" variable, when you can't use a variable in other scripts even if it global?
I know it might sound as a noob question, but I will be happy for any explanation, or an answer.
Thanks in advance!
A "local" Variable, is restricted to the enclosing function, If you wanted to not get confused with all your variables its quite useful.
Jim = "Jim"
function example()
local Bob = "Bob"
print(Bob)-- Prints "Bob"
print(Jim)-- Prints "Jim"
end
example()
print(Jim) -- Prints "Jim"
print(Bob) -- Errors
Please accept the answer if this helped :)
Line 10 would not error. It would print nil.
it also means that you can't share it through scripts, like _G
Wrong. local var = "hi"; _G.var = var; <-- what's stopping you from doing that @Time_URSS?
not just a function, any scope. loops, do blocks, if statements, etc
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I believe it has to do with scopes
also, I think they are faster to read from when in the same scope as the thing calling it
brownpants01 is correct about them being faster (I think to read from and write to)