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How do you put extra parameters in events?
I am trying to make a list of buttons that all need to execute the same general thing but with slightly different names, cost, among other data. I'm not sure how to put in extra parameters other than who triggered it without writing separate functions. For example:
function onclick(player,GuiObject) -- How can you get the GuiObject
print(player.. " clicked ".. GuiObject)
end
GuiObject.MouseButton1Click:Connect(onclick)
How would I get the GuiObject without writing a function for each event?
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You can use a table with the list of buttons and use a for loop to create events for all of them. For example, you can do something like this
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local buttons = {
-- insert button1,
-- insert button2,
-- insert button3,
-- insert other buttons,
}
function ButtonClicked(button_clicked)
print(player.Name .. " clicked " .. button_clicked.Name)
if button_clicked == buttons[1] then
-- insert code when button 1 pressed
elseif button_clicked == buttons[2] then
-- insert code when button 2 pressed
elseif button_clicked == buttons[3] then
-- insert code when button 3 pressed
-- do this for what you want the buttons to do
end
end
for i,v in pairs(buttons) do
v.MouseButton1Down:connect(function()
ButtonClicked(v)
end)
end
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Someone had the same question yesterday if you want some more info about it https://scriptinghelpers.org/questions/90481/how-does-this-function-keep-passing-a-nil-value#83843 royaltoe 5144 — 5y
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Wait can an in pairs loop connect events all at once? Won't that disable the connection? 123nabilben123 499 — 5y
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in pairs loop is just a for loop but for feasibility with objects in a table. all of them will have the same event and no, it does not disable the connections. InfinityEngine 223 — 5y
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Thank you, this really simplifies the code I have to write. awesomebanana2018 36 — 5y