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=== Parameters ===
 
=== Parameters ===

Latest revision as of 01:23, 23 June 2024

Available since: Gideros 2011.6
Class: (global)

Description

Loads and runs libraries.

require(packagename)

Roughly, require does the same job as dofile but require searches for the file in a path. Because of that, require is the preferred function in Lua for loading libraries.


Note: you may need to "exclude" the required files from execution

Parameters

packagename: (string) library to load

Examples

local relpath = "losc/"
local Types = require(relpath.."types")
local Message = require(relpath.."message")
local Timetag = require(relpath.."timetag")

See also

Loading Order of Lua Files