Difference between revisions of "Require"
From GiderosMobile
m (Text replacement - "<source" to "<syntaxhighlight") |
m (Text replacement - "</source>" to "</syntaxhighlight>") |
||
| Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> | <syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> | ||
require(packagename) | require(packagename) | ||
| − | </ | + | </syntaxhighlight> |
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. | 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. | ||
Revision as of 14:32, 13 July 2023
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.
Parameters
packagename: (string) library to load
See also
