Difference between revisions of "Require"
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| − | + | '''Available since:''' Gideros 2011.6<br/> | |
| − | + | '''Class:''' [[(global)|(global)]]<br/> | |
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| + | === Description === | ||
| + | Loads and runs libraries. Roughly, '''require''' does the same job as [[dofile|dofile]], but, '''require''' searches for the file in a path. Because of that, '''require''' is the preferred function in Lua for loading libraries. | ||
<source lang="lua"> | <source lang="lua"> | ||
require(packagename) | require(packagename) | ||
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| − | === | + | === Parameters === |
| − | '''packagename''': (string) | + | '''packagename''': (string) library to load |
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| + | === See also === | ||
| + | [[Loading Order of Lua Files]] | ||
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Revision as of 00:51, 26 September 2020
Available since: Gideros 2011.6
Class: (global)
Description
Loads and runs libraries. 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.
require(packagename)
Parameters
packagename: (string) library to load
See also
