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a script i found and i have a question i wanna know?

Asked by 5 years ago
Edited 5 years ago

i have seen scripts like

function createJoint(wp0, wp1, wc0x, wc0y, wc0z, wc1x, wc1y, wc1z, name)
    local joint = Instance.new("Motor6D", wp0)
    joint.Part0 = wp0
    joint.Part1 = wp1
    joint.C0 = CFrame.new(wc0x, wc0y, wc0z)
        joint.C1 = CFrame.new(wc1x, wc1y, wc1z)
        joint.Name = name
    return joint
end
**

now when i saw "return joint" i was confused, can someone tell me what does it do when it returns to joint?

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It just assigns the variable 'joint' on line 2 to the function createJoint(). So if you were to do print(createJoint()), you would get the joint's name printed in the output since the function returned the joint. AbusedCocopuff4 105 — 5y
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im still not understanding WindowMall 54 — 5y

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Answered by
mc3334 649 Moderation Voter
5 years ago
Edited 5 years ago

return will return the object created in the function to the assigned variable. For example, say I wanted to create a function that makes a new part and assigns it a random color. Instead of writing it out everywhere I wanted to make the part, I could just have a function return that part. For example:

function makePart()
    local part = Instance.new("Part")
    part.Parent = workpace
    part.Color3 = Color3.new(math.random()) --Gives brick a random color
    return part --Returns the part as the assigned variable
end

local PartWithRandomColor = makePart() --Would fire the function and the variable would assign to what it returns

Getting more complicated:

This is an example of how to use return to get multiple variables. We will get the floor and ceil of a given number (round up and round down)

function Round(number)
    local roundUp = math.ceil(number)
    local roundDown = math.floor(number)
    return number,roundUp,roundDown --Returns the rounded up and the rounded down version of    the number
end

local OriginalNumber,RoundedUp,RoundedDown = Round(math.random()*math.random(1,100)) --Puts a random number through the function
print(OriginalNumber.." was rounded up to "..RoundedUp.." and rounded down to "..RoundedDown.."!") --Prints results

I hope this clears up your question.

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Answered by 5 years ago

I can try to explain it but with a simpler example. The return function returns whatever is inputted, as a result from a function.

Here's an example:

function trueOrFalse()
    if math.random(0,1) == 0 then
        return false
    else
        return true
    end
end

print(trueOrFalse()) -- prints either "true" or "false"

In the example the result of the trueOrFalse function will be either true or false, as the name suggests. Now whenever I put trueOrFalse() in my code it will be a more of a value. With the value being either true or false.

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