Can you call a function made on a different script and the actual function is on a different script?
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Can you call a function made on a different script and the actual function is on a different script?
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The ModuleScript answer is a more elegant one. But there is an alternative.
A way to share values (including functions) is to use the global table _G.
_G is shared between all Script objects, or all Local Scripts on any single client (a LocalScript cannot use _G to talk to the server, or vice versa; local scripts running for different players cannot use _G to talk to each other).
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_G is a little easier to set up, but much less elegant.
In this method, all scripts silently compete for names inside _G; the require solution makes it explicit where any particular value comes from.
In one script:
_G.func = function()
-- whatever
end
-- (or)
function _G.func()
-- Whatever
end
In another script (Both can be Scripts, or LocalScripts on the same client)
_G.func()
Note that unlike with require, we aren't guaranteed that the function will be defined by the time the second script runs, so if it is starting immediately, it should actually look like this:
repeat
wait();
until _G.func
_G.func()
You can do this using a module script which basically is a library in a way
Example:
Module script:
funct = function()
print("Hello World!")
end
return funct --In a module script you must always return what you wish to grab in another script
Other script:
funct = require(Workspace.ModuleScript)
funct()
This would result in the output of Hello World!
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